Sentences with phrase «across road and rail»

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The Victorian government has unleashed a record $ 13.7 billion infrastructure spending spree in Tuesday's budget ahead of this year's state election, mostly across road, rail, hospitals and schools to meet the state's booming population.

After 70 years of stagnation, all 100 transformative LIRR capital projects are moving forward, including the Main Line Third Track, Double Track, Jamaica Station Reconstruction, 39 renovated Long Island Rail Road stations and grade crossing eliminations — modernizing transportation across the region to provide a state - of - the - art system for Long Island.

He also gave initial funding for several large infrastructure projects, such as High Speed 3 (an east — west rail line across the north of England), Crossrail 2 (a north — south rail line across London), a road tunnel across the Pennines, and upgrades to the M62 motorway.

«I wish to assure Nigerians that this government will continue to focus on the improvement of security and critical infrastructure like roads, construction of rails and power generation across the country as a vital pre-requisite to economic progress.

It's part of Governor Andrew Cuomo's $ 1.6 billion plan to move Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road operations at Penn Station across Eighth Avenue, which will eventually be known as Moynihan Station.

The plans include moving the Amtrak waiting area across the street to the old Farley Post Office, as well as redeveloping the Long Island Rail Road concourses and existing Penn Station.

His plans call for improvements at the MTA, an overhaul of Pennsylvania Station, a new LaGuardia Airport, a third track on the Long Island Rail Road, an expansion of the Jacob Javits Center, major upgrades to John F. Kennedy Airport as well as to air terminals in Long Island and the Hudson Valley — all on top of new roads and bridges across upstate «like we've never built before.»

He's redeveloping the post office across the street into a train hall for Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road, which should free up some concourse space at Penn..

«We worked with Long Island Rail Road to cancel overnight service that would have a minimal impact on commuters so we could move more trains across the system and backed up our plan with longer trains, new trains that hadn't run before, discounts to alternate terminals in Brooklyn and Queens, buses and ferries, and free subway transfers.»

Buhari said while the borrowed funds would be used to finance the deficit in the 2017 budget, they would provide funding for the capital projects in the budget, including the Mambilla hydropower project; construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; counterpart funding for rail projects; and the construction of the Bodo - Bonny road, with a bridge across the Opobo Channel.

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.

Prendergast's departure comes as Cuomo intends to sink billions into MTA projects and other infrastructure developments across the state, including into revamping Penn Station and adding another track to the Long Island Rail Road.

It is located 170 kilometers west - northwest of the provincial capital Resistencia, on the main rail and road route across northern Argentina to Salta.

A cornerstone of our safety policy is ensuring that transportation providers across all modes — on roads, rails, water, or in the air, over land and underground — employ operators who are 100 percent drug - and alcohol - free.

«President Obama's support for an America built to last is putting people back to work across the country, including here in Maryland, modernizing our nation's roads, rails, bridges, and public transit systems,» said Secretary LaHood.

«President Obama's support for an America built to last is putting people back to work across the country, including here in Massachusetts, modernizing our nation's roads, rails, bridges, and public transit systems,» said Secretary LaHood.

Upon completion the First Transcontinental Rail Road became the best and fastest way to travel across America, until 1959 when American Airlines released their first non-stop flight from East to West.

Only minutes by road or rail, across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, from Sydney's central business district and all its world famous entertainment venues, shopping and tourist attractions including the Rocks, The Sydney Opera House.

Situated directly across the road from Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, the Gold Coast Convention Centre and the new light rail system.

Multimedia artist Doug Aitken's scintillating Station to Station project is a high speed (rail) road trip across North America that stopped off at ten cities between New York and San Francisco, dropping some serious artistic science along the way.

Shared - use Paths — These are off - road paths, such as rail trails and waterfront parkways, that are increasingly common for recreational riding across the country.

This infrastructure could parallel the road or rail infrastructure that cuts across the Nullarbor Plain, creating the most lengthy solar, wind and offshore wave energy park in the world.

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) represents over 80,000 members working across the transport industry including on buses and road freight, mainline and underground railways, as well as shipping and offshore.

The wheels were then turned 90 degrees and the building was pushed across the road on another set of rails to a point where it was joined to new foundations.