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 new MTA Live Media Program, four digital communication screens have been installed, as a test, in an LIRR M7 car. Live screens have been installed in many LIRR stations, as well as in subway stations and in Grand Central Terminal. Through this program, more than 53,000…
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…
As construction continues at the South Tyson Avenue Bridge in the Village of Floral Park, crossing guards and flaggers are ensuring the safety of pedestrians by helping them navigate around the construction area. The implementation of these measures at South Tyson Avenue is consistent with the LIRR Expansion Project team’s…
The LIRR Expansion Project team continues to meet its commitments to LIRR commuters by notifying passengers of current train boarding and exiting procedures as construction continues. These notifications, spotted at Jamaica Station, inform commuters to board and exit the trains using the first six cars at Carle Place and Merillon…
Whether by seeing or feeling, passengers know they’re at the edge of a train platform thanks to these ubiquitous bumpy yellow tiles. Invented by Seiichi Miyake, the first tactile warning strips we installed in Okayama, Japan on March 18, 1967 next to a school for the blind. To this day…
On Thursday, March 7, 3TC Community Ambassador to Floral Park, Judy White, helped organize an LIRR Expansion Project presentation to the Floral Park-Bellerose School District (FPBSD) Board of Education. The project team discussed current and upcoming construction activities in Floral Park, traffic detour plans for Covert Avenue, and the project’s…
The LIRR Expansion Project has extended the registration deadline for its STEM Competition to March 6, 2019. Also, due to participant requests, the size of eligible groups has been increased: students may elect to work individually, in small groups or as an entire class. The LIRR Expansion Project STEM Competition…
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