William Miller, left, joins local MWBEs at the LIRR Expansion Project’s Community Information Center to discuss the project. We spend a lot of time on AModernLI announcing and discussing the transformational projects and innovative construction techniques that are modernizing Long Island’s transportation system, but what about the exceptional people who…
As part of the LIRR Expansion Project, the MTA developed the Design-Builder Incentive Program to assess Design-Build Contractor 3rd Track Constructors’ (3TC) adherence to community and environmental commitments. 3TC is eligible to earn an incentive of up to $250,000 each quarter by meeting or exceeding these commitments: when the commitments…
The Fox 5 NY news team visited several LIRR Expansion Project elements, including Merillon Avenue and New Hyde Park Road Grade, where the grade crossing will be elimminated this year. Fox 5 NY reporter Jodi Goldberg interviewed Tom McGuiness, deputy project director on LIRR Expansion. She reported on the tremendous…
With an aggressive 2019 in the books, the LIRR Expansion Project is full steam ahead for an ambitious 2020. In just one year, we constructed and installed three new bridges, eliminated two grade crossings, and installed 18,000 linear feet or 3.4 miles of sound and retaining walls. And we’re not…
As the LIRR Expansion Project Team continues on schedule after a spectacular 2019, LIRR crews will install new switches at Nassau interlocking this weekend, January 11-12, and again January 18-19, February 1-2, and February 8-9. This work will cause some service changes on these weekend Saturdays only. Keep reading for…
Exciting news for New Yorkers and visitors to the Empire State! Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has unveiled the 30th proposal of his 2020 State of the State: creating the Empire Station Complex - a 21st century transit complex on Manhattan’s West Side. During a speech at the Association for a…
Flaggers keep those working on or near the railroad safe and help ensure trains can keep running even when extensive construction is going on. Ready for a riddle? What do you, a transportation manager, and a railroad operations manager have in common? Answer: You all want to travel on the…
The Linden Avenue pedestrian underpass to the Floral Park Recreation Center is now closed so workers can prepare to replace it with a new structure to accommodate a third LIRR track, as part of the LIRR Expansion Project. The underpass, originally constructed in 1960, currently provides pedestrian access to the…
The MTA ended 2019 having completed almost two dozen Long Island Rail Road projects! Stations were modernized, new bridges were installed, grade crossings were eliminated…the Railroad even became the first North American railway (and first worldwide) to use lasers to blast leaf residue from its rails. The LIRR Modernization Program,…
The original plan for the future LIRR passenger concourse included the same Botticino marble you see throughout Grand Central Terminal (GCT), but before the design of the concourse was finalized the project management team took a closer look at the stone choices for the concourse and decided the new concourse…
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