The MTA is happy to announce that sound wall manufacturing for the LIRR Expansion Project has begun at the Fort Miller precast concrete plant in Greenwich, NY. Using an environmentally-conscious New York State-based manufacturing company furthers the project’s commitments to regional jobs as well as sustainability. The benefits of using…
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…
The LIRR Expansion Project’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and Safety Educational Program is a collaborative effort with schools and other education organizations along the project corridor. To foster relationships with schools and students along the project corridor, as well as to inspire interest in the LIRR Expansion Project,…
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…
MTA Long Island Rail Road crews continued important infrastructure rehabilitation at Nostrand Avenue Station in Brooklyn over the weekend of January 26-27, with further work to be completed over the weekend of February 2-3, while the NYC Department of Transportation works to rebuild the Atlantic Avenue Bridge at East New…
The enhancement of Port Jefferson Station is nearing completion. The columns surrounding the station building have been unwrapped, and the station’s new parking lot – which now features new landscaping and a sculpture by artist David McQueen, “…the vast and endless sea…” – has been open since the beginning of…
Construction is progressing at the 60-year-old South Tyson Avenue Bridge in Floral Park. To address an existing Main Line bottleneck where four tracks merge into two, room is being created for a new third track. The new third track will be installed east of the bridge to accommodate a future…
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…
Construction at Carle Place Station is well underway and is progressing ahead of schedule for the station enhancement project. Design-build contractor 3rd Track Constructors (3TC) has implemented an innovative method to deconstruct the platforms in sections, so passenger service is maintained while construction continues (the original plan called for a…
Construction of the Mineola Harrison Parking Garage has begun. Throughout the month of January the following work is anticipated: Sheet piling, sections of sheet materials with interlocking edges driven into the ground to provide earth retention and excavation, will be installed by heavy machinery. Utility poles in the vicinity of…
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