The MTA finished its $2.5 billion Third Track project to add another set of rails along nearly 10 miles of the Long Island Rail Road, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday.
The construction project began in late 2018 under Hochul’s predecessor then-Governor Andrew Cuomo to add an extra track south of the current two tracks.
The new infrastructure allows the LIRR to keep running service if there’s a disruption on one of the tracks. “There’s 53 additional reverse peak trains on the Main Line, that’s how you create economic growth,” said Lieber. “That’s huge for the Long Island economy, because now you really can draw on the full talent pool of the entire region,” the transit chief said.
“This project is being delivered on time and $100 million under budget, thanks to design-build contracting and many other new and innovative project management strategies,” he said in a statement.
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