South Ferry Station To Reopen This June, Years After Hurricane Sandy Flooding: MTA

FIDI, NY — The once-immaculate South Ferry station that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy floodwaters more than four years ago is predicted to open back up in June, NY1 reports.

The station first opened as a "state-of-the-art marvel" in 2009 after a post-9/11, $545 million renovation, according to the MTA.

It was then shuttered in 2012 when more than 15 million gallons of salt water rushed into the station, flooded it 80 feet deep and damaged electrical and mechanical appliances.

Sandy flooded eight tunnels, but the South Ferry station was hit particularly hard. The station was "filled track to ceiling with water," the then MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said.

Debris from the East River covered the station, tiles were ripped off walls and plaster and paint hung from the station's ceilings. Turnstiles, escalators, tracks, signals and switches suffered substantial damage.

The electrical room in the South Ferry station was especially effected, the MTA said. All of the programmable logic controllers, switch motors, relays and other equipment that Dispatchers use to monitor and control train traffic in and out of the terminal was damaged.

Riders have been forced to use the old South Ferry stop since 2013, but this is expected to change come June thanks to a $340 million station repair, the MTA said.

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