Track Constructors News Today

Crews are now working on the sixth and final under-grade crossing of the LIRR Expansion Project. LIRR New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) LIRR Expansion Project is closing the Main Street railroad crossing in Mineola. It marks the final LIRR Expansion Project grade crossing that is being eliminated. Since construction began on the LIRR Expansion Project just over two years ago, grade crossings at Covert Avenue and S. 12th Street in New ...

Thu February 25, 2021 - Northeast Edition #5 Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent Seen here is the Cherry Lane Bridge replacement work. One of the largest and busiest commuter rail corridors in the nation is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The $2.6 billion Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Expansion project will enhance safety, eliminate noise from both train horns and crossing gate bells and relieve traffic backups when completed next year. "The construction of a third track from Floral Park...