{"id":2596,"date":"2022-08-16T18:47:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2022-08-25T19:03:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T19:03:36","slug":"block-one-is-live-on-lirr-expansion-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/news\/block-one-is-live-on-lirr-expansion-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Block One is Live on LIRR Expansion Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third track allows the LIRR to run more trains and recover from delays during the rush hour commute. <\/p>\n

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul joined Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials for a ceremonial first ride and press conference marking the opening of the first section of LIRR Expansion Project. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe opening of the Third Track marks a huge milestone for commuters and visitors that is decades in the making,\u201d Hochul said at the Monday press conference. \u201cThanks to this extraordinary project, LIRR trains will run more often, and passengers will have a smoother ride than ever.\u201d <\/p>\n

MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said this Third Track project is different from other mega projects in the past. It\u2019s more than $100 million under budget and ahead of schedule, for which he gave thanks to MTA Construction & Development and the LIRR team as well as design-build team 3rd Track Constructors, a joint venture between John Picone, Dragados, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Civil and Halmar International.<\/p>\n

MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer added, “Commissioning the first block of the LIRR Third Track is a major milestone as we deliver this transformative project on time and under budget for Long Islanders. This project is our model going forward as we deliver great benefits for our customers better, faster and cheaper.”<\/p>\n

The three-mile section of the 9.8-mile expansion project is just the beginning, and there are two more blocks to be commissioned and cut over within the next two months. Once achieved, it will have the potential to boost train capacity by 50 percent for Long Islanders, according to MTA officials.<\/p>\n

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Governor Kathy Hochul, MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber, and SMART General Chairman Anthony Simon were joined by other officials on a ceremonial train ride from Jamaica to New Hyde Park to inaugurate the first completed section of LIRR Third Track between Floral Park and Merillon Avenue on Monday, Aug 15, 2022.
(Marc A. Hermann \/ MTA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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LIRR train of bi-levels on the middle track on the 1st day of 3rd track operation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The third track allows the LIRR to run more trains and recover from delays during the rush hour commute. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul joined Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials for a ceremonial first ride and press conference marking the opening of the first section of LIRR Expansion Project. \u201cThe opening of the Third Track … Continue reading “Block One is Live on LIRR Expansion Project”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[60,73,167,110,109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions\/2600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinaconstruction.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}