The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) announced that it has received four design proposals from qualified engineering firms for the modernization of the LIRR’s level in Penn Station into a world-class transportation hub.
Working with the LIRR, the winning firm will have six months to put the finishing touches on a design-build plan that will allow a general contractor to begin work in 2017.
The MTA and the LIRR will announce the winning design firm before the end of the year.
“This marks another major step in Governor’s Cuomo’s transformational plan to reimagine Penn Station and to change the experience for everyone using Long Island Rail Road,” MTA CEO Thomas Prendergast said. The dramatic redesign of the LIRR portions of Penn Station will significantly improve passenger experience and circulation. More than 500,000 visitors pass through Penn Station each day, most as commuters or travelers on the LIRR, New York City Subway, Amtrak, and NJ Transit.
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