Representatives from the LIRR Expansion Project outreach team met with Chrissann Fabio and Linda Katz of the LIRR Corporate Safety Department/T.R.A.C.K.S. (Together Railroads and Communities Keeping Safe) Program to discuss age appropriate safety programming for schools along the corridor. The meeting was held at the LIRR Expansion Project Community Information…
On February 1st, the LIRR Expansion Project team joined sixth grade students from Garden City Middle School at their Career Day. Students learned about the project and asked members of the project team about their career paths. STEM was one of several topics discussed at the Garden City Middle School…
As part of proactive community engagement, the LIRR Expansion Project team met with the Principal, Gloria Dingwall, Assistant Principal and head custodian of the Dryden Street School in New Cassel, and with representatives from St. Joseph’s College Pre-K program to discuss upcoming construction work near the school. The Westbury Station…
The LIRR Expansion Project’s engineers and outreach team met with representatives from the Village of Garden City to coordinate the design of project elements within the Village. The LIRR Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville, one of the region’s most significant transportation infrastructure projects, will positively impact the…
The LIRR Expansion Project team provided the Carle Place School Board with a project update and answered residents’ questions about current construction activities in and around Carle Place. Carle Place has its own school district which includes small portions of the villages of Westbury and Mineola. It comprises three schools…
MTA representatives met with members of Carle Place Senior Citizens, Inc. at Fuschillo Park on the progress of the LIRR Expansion project and the unique community-driven contractor assessment program. Rich Mulieri, the Senior Director of Public Affairs for MTA Capital Construction, and Dan Marcy, from the LIRR Expansion Project team,…
The Westbury/New Cassel chapter of the NAACP invited the LIRR Expansion Project team to their Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event at the Yes We Can Community Center in New Cassel. Seth Sylvan, the 3rd Track Constructors (3TC) Community Ambassador to the Town of North Hempstead, discussed the project with…
On January 17th, Design-build contractor 3rd Track Constructors (3TC) MWBE/SVDOB Coordinator, William Miller, shared a project overview with various Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE), including representatives from JP West Inc., C & LJ International Trade Corporation, and advisers to Nassau County at the LIRR Expansion Project Community Information Center…
On January 16th, LIRR Expansion Project Director Anthony Tufano and LIRR Expansion Project Deputy Project Director for Construction Tom McGuinness delivered a “What to Expect in 2019” overview to elected officials and leaders from project-adjacent communities. Under discussion following the overview were ongoing construction work, traffic detour implementation plans, digital…
On January 16th, Third Track Constructors (3TC), the Design-Build contractor for the LIRR Expansion Project, presented a project update to the Garden City Public Schools Board of Education and discussed how the team is managing ongoing coordination with local schools. 3TC also discussed the project’s cutting-edge Science, Technology, Engineering, and…
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