On November 29th, the LIRR Expansion Project team met with Nassau County Legislator Siela A. Bynoe at the Nassau County Legislature building to discuss project updates, construction events and to give Ms. Bynoe an overview of the project's outreach efforts
The Town of Oyster Bay received a $10 million New York State Downtown Revitalization Initiative Grant to study areas around the Hicksville Station that could be developed and improved. The MTA is working with the Town on their vision of a walkable community that enlivens the train station area, and benefits commuters, retail, and residential buildings that would generate economic development benefits for the Town.
For more information about Hicksville’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, read the plan here.
As part of the Energeia Partnership with Molloy College, the Energeia Class of 2017, which comprises influential Long Island leaders, visited the LIRR Expansion Project office in Westbury. The focus of the visit was transportation on Long Island and the
On November 27th, Dave Morrison, a former LIRR Branch Manager and LIRR historian, joined local community historians, railroad aficionados and project team members to view the new exhibits at the Expansion Project’s Community Information Center. Dave signed his new book,
On November 15th the LIRR Expansion Team provided a monthly update to officials from villages and towns along the Expansion Project and to Nassau County officials. The focus of this meeting was construction means and methods.
On October 29th the LIRR Expansion Project team presented to 10th and 11th grade students at the Cradle of Aviation Museum STEM Career Expo. The purpose of the expo is to list and explain the various careers and applications in
LIRR Expansion Project contractor 3TC officially received a Notice To Proceed on October 26, 2018. Construction is officially underway. Please read the NTP Letter here or email CommunityOutreach@lirrexpansion.com.
The LIRR Expansion Project’s Community Information Center in Mineola, at 114 Old Country Road (between Willis Avenue and Roslyn Road) is open. Residents of communities along the Expansion Project are invited to come review new exhibits about the project and
Since the approval of the third track project last year, MTA officials have wasted no time in rolling out plans across the 9.8-mile stretch from Floral Park to Hicksville.
“Since the 1940s, people talked about adding a third track and modernizing the Main Line corridor - and now we're actually doing it.” - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Forty percent of LIRR riders pass through the LIRR’s congested Main Line.
here may be no corridor on Long Island showcasing more culinary diversity than the two-mile stretch of Route 107 that extends south of the Long Island Expressway. Start your journey at Hmart (336 N. Broadway, Jericho, 516-513-5050, hmart.com) a vast
