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…
The LIRR is reducing the impact of ongoing construction at the Westbury North Parking Structure project for Westbury LIRR passengers with a free shuttle bus. Free parking is available at the Source Mall at Old Country Road and Fortunoff Way – the shuttle conveys passengers directly from the mall to…
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…
Beginning Monday, April 22nd, as part of the LIRR Expansion Project from Floral Park to Hicksville, construction will begin on a new three-level, 676-space parking structure near the Westbury Station north of the LIRR tracks – the structure will occupy the current surface parking lot south of Scally Place. The…
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…
Utility relocation and support of excavation (SOE) work has been completed and excavation is currently underway at the Mineola Harrison Avenue parking structure. Work on the foundation and the parking structure itself will take place through the end of the year, followed by architectural, electrical, plumbing and elevator installation. These…
On April 3rd, the LIRR Expansion Project Team presented information on current and upcoming construction activities in New Hyde Park and upcoming traffic detours to support the Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination at an open house public information event for Village of New Hyde Park residents. Traffic, design, construction, environmental,…
On March 28th, LIRR Expansion Project Community Ambassadors Margo Cargill and Seth Sylvan attended Career Community Day at the Park Avenue Elementary School in Westbury. Margo and Seth talked to 26 fifth grade students about the LIRR Expansion Project. Students asked many questions about the project, including the project timeline,…
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