The NY Metropolitan Transport Authority released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement of LIRR expansion project.
The proposed project is completely different from prior proposals to expand track capacity on the LIRR’s main line. This project will include no residential property acquisitions, will eliminate all grade crossings within the corridor, will involve station upgrades and additional parking places. The project will also result in significant noise reduction throughout sections of the project corridor from proposed retaining walls and sound attenuation walls along the railroad’s right-of-way.
The LIRR expansion project will add a third track to 15.7 km along the congested Main Line of the LIRR between Floral Park and Hicksville, and eliminate all seven street-level train crossings, called “grade crossings,” within the project corridor.
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