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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
A Utica subway has been a planning "priority" for 100 years. First with the original IRT Brooklyn Line provision then with the city's Independent plans of '29 and '39 then again after the war withthe BoT/TA transition then with the MTA Program for Action in '68... Then the city went bankrupt and only 63 St and Jamaica got actually built. DeBlasio just picked up the cause of the self evident need for a Utica subway.
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Just because it was in planning for 100 years, doesn't mean it should be a top priority.
Even assuming you decided to extend subway in that area of Brooklyn, I think extending the Nostrand Ave line from Brooklyn college to Kings Plaza along Flatbush ave would be more of a priority considering it would probably cost at least only half as much as the Utica line extension AND you can build out a facility at Kings Plaza for the 2/5 trains to have proper turn arounds, increasing frequency of service on the whole line.