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12/22/2023
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) board has approved a series of $1.8 billion in contracts to improve system-wide accessibility, reduce the New York authority's carbon footprint and maintain the transit system in a state of good repair.
Included are contracts for accessibility upgrades at New York City Transit subway and Long Island Rail Road stations. The LIRR projects include replacing the Webster Avenue Bridge that spans the railroad's Port Washington branch in Manhasset. Crews will also install catch basins and a new drainage system to prevent roadway drainage onto the track.
Meanwhile, Metro-North Railroad and MTA Construction and Development have planned multiphased improvements at the railroad's Brewster Campus in Putnam County. The project scope comprises the existing Brewster Campus and an undeveloped 52-acre property situated to the east of the Harlem Line tracks.
The package of accessibility upgrades encompasses 13 subway and Staten Island Railway stations and spans all five boroughs. Those projects include the installation of new elevators or ramps compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act at each of station, as well as other upgrades to bring the facilities into a state of good repair.
Moreover, the MTA will rehab the Broadway Junction complex, which is the third-largest subway station in Brooklyn.
Many of the projects will be paid for in part with federal dollars awarded through the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
"The procurements moving forward ... advance top 2023 MTA goals: expanding accessibility system-wide, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and keeping the transit system in a state of good repair," said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber in a press release.