The MTA LIRR Expansion Project Floral Park to Hicksville team had a busy 2019! Here’s a timelapse video of the major milestones completed this year: “We have four more existing bridges to replace and six more at-grade crossings to eliminate over the next 35 months,” said MTA Chief Development Officer…
On July 15th, Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Viviana Russell recorded an interview about the LIRR Expansion Project at the Community Information Center in Mineola. Councilwoman Russell highlighted the project’s benefits to Carle Place and New Cassel, including ongoing station enhancements at Carle Place and the elimination of the Urban…
The MTA installed the new Cherry Lane LIRR Bridge, beginning late Friday night, May 31st through the early morning hours of June 3rd. Crews worked around the clock throughout the weekend to dismantle the entire old bridge and lift the new bridge into place. The wider bridge will accommodate…
A Long Island Rail Road plan to replace a 66-year-old bridge in Carle Place will result in a two-day suspension of service along one of the railroad’s busiest stretches, the agency said Thursday. During the June 1-2 weekend, crews will take down the existing rail bridge carrying the LIRR’s tracks…
Construction of the new LIRR bridge that will take train traffic over Cherry Lane in Carle Place is essentially completed and ready to be carried into place and installed during the Main Line outage weekend of June 1st. The bridge will be replaced with the method successfully employed at LIRR’s…
Beginning the evening of May 31st, Design-Build Contractor 3rd Track Constructors will remove the existing two-track LIRR bridge carrying the Main Line over Cherry Lane in Carle Place and replace it in a single weekend. Beginning in the evening hours on May 31, through the early morning hours on June…
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…
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