As part of its ongoing commitment to communities along the LIRR Expansion Project, Expansion Project team members met with officials from John Lewis Childs School in Floral Park to coordinate construction activities at the South Tyson Avenue Bridge. The team is doing everything it can to keep businesses, organizations and…
On October 29th the LIRR Expansion Project team presented to 10th and 11th grade students at the Cradle of Aviation Museum STEM Career Expo. The purpose of the expo is to list and explain the various careers and applications in STEM disciplines, especially on Long Island. The LIRR Expansion Project…
As part of its ongoing, concerted effort to keep residents of communities along the LIRR Expansion Project informed, Andy Kraus and Travis Brennan of LIRR Expansion Project contractor 3TC gave a project briefing to the residents of the Hamlet of Garden City Park.
LIRR Expansion Project contractor 3TC officially received a Notice To Proceed on October 26, 2018. Construction is officially underway. Please read the NTP Letter here or email CommunityOutreach@lirrexpansion.com.
The LIRR Expansion Project’s Community Information Center in Mineola, at 114 Old Country Road (between Willis Avenue and Roslyn Road) is open. Residents of communities along the Expansion Project are invited to come review new exhibits about the project and ask questions. The hours are posted on www.lirrexpansion.com.
Village of New Hyde Park, Town of North Hempstead and Nassau County Officials met with the LIRR Expansion Project team to get the latest project information and discuss its progress. The meeting was part of the LIRR Expansion Team’s ongoing outreach to communities along the LIRR Expansion Project.
Representatives from the LIRR Expansion Project team met with leaders from the Garden City Public School system to discuss ongoing construction activities and to coordinate these activities with school bus routes. The LIRR Expansion Project team continues to seek ways to work closely with communities and to reduce the project’s…
Long Island Rail Road crews were hard at work on Friday night, October 5, through Tuesday morning, October 9, replacing the Buckram Road Bridge in Locust Valley, which carries the railroad’s Oyster Bay Branch over Buckram Road/Oyster Bay Road between the Locust Valley and Oyster Bay stations. The project improves…
The Plainfield Avenue Bridge replacement project is anticipated to begin fall 2019. The new bridge will include a new single-track span to accommodate the new third track from Floral Park to Hicksville. The current bridge has been in service since 1958. Plainfield Avenue Bridge will be replaced using the method…
On October 4th the Village of Garden City hosted representatives of 3TC and MTACC/LIRR for a discussion of how the LIRR Expansion Project will affect the village. The event was part of an ongoing community outreach initiative.
