Sentences with phrase «east side access»

The project site will have access to the Manhattan subway system, the Queensboro Bridge and the planned East Side Access railroad project.

Some artists in Queens who will be forced from their studios are using an art exhibit to expres frustrations over the MTA's East Side Access Project.

The East Side Access megaproject tries to connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Station.

«Technically if they stop working on East Side Access, they will be in default of that deal and may be asked to pay back what they've already gotten, which is substantial,» said Henderson.

Three federal lawmakers are urging Amtrak to better cooperate with the MTA's efforts to link the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal as part of its East Side Access project.

The plan that the board approved today, and that Albany will now spend months deliberating on, would fund a new fare payment system to replace the already - obsolete MetroCard; put $ 2.9 billion toward finally finishing the East Side Access project that will allow Long Island Rail Road passengers to disembark in Grand Central; allocate $ 1.5 billion to begin work on the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway, extending it from 96th to 125th streets; and fund countless other nitty - gritty, state - of - good - repair needs across the system's 5,000 - square - mile service area.

Critics have slammed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority since revelations about the East Side Access projects.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.) has appealed to federal officials to approve the $ 2.2 billion vital to completing the East Side Access project, which could start bringing Long Island Rail Road commuters into Grand Central Terminal in 2016.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA's) East Side Access project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service to Grand Central Terminal for the first time, is expected to cost nearly $ 9 billion when finished in 2019, more than twice the MTA's initial cost estimate and a decade later than expected, according to a report released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

Amtrak said in 2014 that repairs would begin in 2019, but that has now been pushed back until after the Long Island Rail Road starts to run trains into Grand Central Terminal as part of the East Side Access project.

Initially expected to cost $ 4.3 billion and to begin service in 2009, East Side Access is now projected to cost $ 8.76 billion when completed in August 2019.

· The MTA's current cost estimate for East Side Access is $ 8.25 billion, but that figure grows to $ 8.76 billion when the cost of additional passenger railcars needed to meet service demand is factored in.

· The MTA estimates that there is an 80 percent probability that the actual cost of East Side Access may be at or below its current estimate, and that service could begin up to one year earlier than currently forecast.

East Side Access is the nation's largest public transportation project and the first expansion of the LIRR in more than 100 years.

· Debt service on bonds issued by the MTA to fund the cost of East Side Access is estimated to exceed $ 300 million in 2019 when the project enters service.

secured for the East Side Access Project, which will bring the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal, and the $ 54 million for renovations at Queens Plaza.

«Time and again, the MTA has come up short on the goal to deliver the East Side Access project on schedule and within budget,» DiNapoli said.

They cited his successful efforts to secure funding for building projects, such as East Side Access to bring the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal and the Double Track project between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma.

To ensure «we don't lose any momentum with the third track, East Side Access tunnel and the new Penn Station projects,» Cuomo should nominate someone with commuter rail experience «in addition to the traditional urban bus and subway management experience,» said Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group.

The state legislature has a game plan: get approval for debt, gambling or additional taxes by promising they will be used for things like the environmental trust fund, the Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access, mass transit in general, and in - classroom schools.

They pointed to the East Side Access project which had an initial budget of $ 4.3 billion, and an estimated completion in 2009; the project now requires an additional billion dollars, and has a new completion date in 2022, they say.

Mayor Bill de Blasio used the East Side Access news to blast the MTA.

Additionally, the transformative East Side Access project will create the first direct LIRR service to the east side and increase capacity to and from Manhattan.

Under the MTA's previously - existing 2015 - 2019 capital program, Arts for Transit was allotted $ 1.7 million a part of the East Side Access project, which looks to extend the Long Island Rail Road from Penn Station to Grand Central, all earmarked for 2016.

Not exact matches

Geneva Park District: $ 21,000 to renovate a heavily used portion of the Fox River Trail at Bennett Park just north of State Street, on the east side of the Fox River in Geneva, and to provide parking and access for disabled trail users.

He suggested that anyone visiting the Alcott Center park in the rear parking lot to access programs through the east side doors and also through the west side doors in the southwest corner of the building.

The plan identified and designed key points and down - to - the - water sites to engage with the East River from the water and from the shore, and proposed improvements to a series of access routes linking East Side communities to the redesigned East River waterfront.

Last year, a study by city Controller Scott Stringer found households with slow or no access to speedy Internet tend to live in poorer neighborhoods across the Bronx, central Brooklyn and East Harlem and the Lower East Side.

From here on the East Side of Buffalo to Rochester, to Albany and all the way north and all the way south, HCR and our partners are hard at work making Governor Cuomo's aggressive $ 20 billion agenda combat homelessness and expand access to affordable housing a reality.»

Location: At the home of Jan 1389 Washington St, Eugene yellow house, east side of Washington (access 13th, 15th, 18th)

More specifically, Perez finds that elementary schools in middle and upper middle class neighborhoods such as the Upper East Side of Manhattan had more access to the books than areas such as Spanish Harlem where the books were distributed late into the application process and sometimes Spanish - language versions were never distributed (Perez 398).

The Crown King Trail is accessed on the east side of Lake Pleasant via North Castle Hot Springs Road off of Highway 74.

Brenda Scott Academy on the East side of Detroit has a library but doesn't employ a librarian so the kids lose access.

Like Mount Pleasant, homes on the east side sell for $ 300,000 to $ 400,000 less than their west - side counterparts, but both areas have great access to good schools, tons of independent shops and restaurants and Queen Elizabeth Park.

Lanikai is a quiet, secluded ocean front property, centrally located on Kauai's Coconut Coast (East side) with easy access to all the great sights and adventures on the beautiful Island of Kauai.

Lae Nani is a quiet secluded ocean front condominium property, centrally located on Kauai's Coconut Coast (East side) with easy access to all the great sights and adventures on the beautiful Island of Kauai.

Completing this level is a laundry room.An adjoining door for access to Jenny Lind East is available when both sides of this duplex are rented.

Laughing Bird Drop Off Location: East side of Laughing Bird Caye Depth: 15 - 80 feet / 5 -24 mt Access: Shore / boat Expertise rating: Novice At the 15 to 25 feet / 5 -8 mt, sandy patches make this site a perfect location for open water training and checkout dives.

In Jaibalito, Mayan Village only boat access this big piece of land only walking access is located on the East side of the valley.

Our other camp is located in Gianyar, located on the east side of Bali and features an epic beach access and chill vibe at the camp.

On the east side of town, this beach is almost as easy to access as the Platja Gran, but it offers a far more natural landscape.

Laughing Bird Drop Off Location: East side of Laughing Bird Caye Depth: 15 - 80 feet / 5 -24 mt Access: Shore / boat Expertise rating: Novice

The location is excellent, especially good for access to the Metro line which goes direct to Piraeus, but also for the funky Psyrri / Thissiou area, which reminded me of Hoxton / Shoreditch in London or Soho / Lower East Side in New York, with great local boutiques, bars, restaurants.

The location offers easy access to the park, upper east / west sides or midtown.

In collaboration with the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, AAI Open Studios offers access to all the artists in the studio building at 107 Suffolk Street, on the Lower East Side.

Over the past 16 years, the organization has remained faithful to this early intention and continues to grow and expand access for artists, curators, and the larger arts community through an exhibition program at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, the Lower East Side Studio Program residency and a newly established commissions program, Public Works.

use the money on extending the 7, or the 2nd ave subway, or east side LIRR access, or bus rapid transit, or congestion pricing even.

These Morristown communities are located on the East side of town with easy access to highways and the train.

Being on the 2,3,4, & 5 with one train access to east or west sides of the city means it's only a matter of time before that area, the other side of Prospect Park, does what Park Slope did a decade ago.