Box-jack. Have you heard of it? No, not the burger, and definitely not the creepy musical clown that pops out at you. It’s yet another in a series of incredible firsts for the MTA as part of the LIRR Expansion Project: a revolutionary technique to install railroad bridges over underpasses,…
Keeping the community informed is as essential as moving bridges. On September 18, the LIRR Expansion Project Team met with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jennifer Morrison and the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park UFSD for a project coordination meeting. The Expansion Project team joined school leadership and staff at the…
3TC’s Dennis Feeney addresses community litter concerns at the site of the New Hyde Park Road grade crossing elimination project in August. The LIRR Expansion Project team is continually working to meet community and environmental commitments throughout the project corridor as construction of this important infrastructure initiative progresses. In Garden…
The LIRR and 3TC project team continuously take steps to minimize construction impacts on railroad customers and neighboring residents. LIRR customers can now park in a temporary parking lot completed last week, an effort by the team to provide as much parking space as possible, while some spots are unavailable…
As part of Design-Build Contractor 3rd Track Constructors’ ongoing commitment to businesses and residents in communities adjacent to the LIRR Expansion Project, New Hyde Park Community Ambassadors Judy White and Camille Koorey worked closely with a homeowner adjacent to a construction site to ensure continuous access to their home during…
Happy Birthday, Long Island Rail Road! The LIRR turned 185 years old on April 24, and former LIRR branch manager and current LIRR historian Dave Morrison and others sat down with Newsday to reminisce about the railroad’s eventful history. Stephen Quigley, president of the Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter of…
On April 24th, the LIRR Expansion Project team hosted the monthly Mayors’ meeting at the LIRR Expansion Project Community Information Center in Mineola. Village and Town officials throughout the Project corridor convened to discuss ongoing construction activities: Tom McGuinness, MTACC Deputy Project Director, discussed recent construction milestones and provided an…
The LIRR Expansion Project has extended the deadline for Q1 Community Scorecard submissions until the end of the day on Friday, May 3rd. As part of LIRR Expansion Project, the MTA has developed a series of environmental and community commitments in coordination with communities adjacent to the project to minimize…
As part of the LIRR Expansion Project Floral Park to Hicksville, the MTA has developed a series of environmental and community commitments in coordination with the project-adjacent communities to minimize construction-related impacts: the MTA has established the Design-Builder Incentive Program, a monetary fund to incentivize Design-Build Contractor 3rd Track Constructors…
On April 10th, members of the Suffolk County Economic Development team joined the LIRR Expansion Project team at the Community Information Center in Mineola to discuss ongoing progress. The team presented a project overview and showcased the latest construction milestones at the South Tyson Avenue Bridge modification, the Covert Avenue…
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