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Nassau County Deputy Planning Commissioner Sean Sallie introduced the Lawrence drainage improvement project at the village board meeting on Feb. 14.
Designing Lawrence village’s flood mitigation project
An $8.776 million drainage improvement project for the Village of Lawrence is expected to have a shovel hitting dirt in the summer of 2020, according to Nassau County officials and the engineers from the firm LKMA. more
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Some 29 people were killed, and more than 100 others were injured, when two Long Island Rail Road trains collided in Rockville Centre at Banks Avenue shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 17, 1950.
Recalling Rockville Centre's deadly LIRR train crash 69 years later
Sixty-nine years ago last Monday, the Nassau Daily Review-Star notified readers about one of the Long Island Rail Road’s deadliest train crashes. The night before, on Feb. 17, 1950, two trains had collided on the tracks in Rockville Centre, near Banks Avenue, killing 29 people, according to original reports, and injuring more than 100. more
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Lawmakers plan to host hearings on the state of the Long Island Rail Road's on-time performance. The LIRR recently came under fire for not upgrading the Lynbrook station, before announcing a $17.9 million rehabilitation project, which is scheduled to start in the spring.
Lawmakers to host hearings on state of the Long Island Rail Road
State lawmakers recently sent a letter to Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng, informing him that they planned to host hearings about the dismal state of the railroad. more
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Challenges ahead for Democratic Senate
As New York Democrats look ahead to two years of majority control of the State Senate — and the Assembly and the governor’s mansion — they should also remember the past and learn from their predecessors’ mistakes. more
An investigation into the death of Karl Aarseth by the National Transportation Safety Board determined that he was intoxicated when he bumped into a train at the Lynbrook Long Island Rail Road station.
NTSB releases findings after Lynbrook LIRR death
A report released by the National Transportation Safety Board last week cited alcohol as a factor that played into the death of a man who was fatally struck by a train at the Lynbrook Long Island Rail Road station in April. more
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A law you’ve never heard of is slowing our state’s progress
Schools and bridges are crumbling across New York state. Many Long Island hospitals are outdated, and local downtowns are in desperate need of revitalization. But New York’s “Scaffold Law” makes us among the most difficult places in the country to get projects like these off the ground. more
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State Sen. Todd Kaminsky announced the results of a MTA Long Island Rail Road commuter survey at a news conference at the LIRR station in Long Beach on Tuesday.
Kaminsky calls for LIRR reform
The results of a recent poll launched by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky came as no surprise to commuters this week — the majority of Long Island Rail Road users in Long Beach and other areas are … more
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Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng approved a $17.9 million project on Sept. 5 to upgrade the Lynbrook station. Above, a rendering of the station’s platforms and canopies when the project is completed at the end of 2020.
Lynbrook LIRR station to receive $17.9 million upgrade
After several months of negotiations among local elected officials and Long Island Rail Road representatives, the Lynbrook train station is set to undergo a $17.9 million renovation, which commuters and officials say is long overdue. more
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The East Side Access project will enable commuters from Lynbrook and East Rockaway to get to Grand Central without having to go to Pennsylvania Station.
Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents are ready for East Side Access project
The East Side Access project will help ease the burden and congestion of the Long Island Rail Road commute for local residents. more
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is now at work on the $11.1 billion East Side Access Project, which will bring Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Terminal for the first time.
East Side Access transforming the LIRR
On a plain wall between tracks 113 and 114, a plywood door separates old from new at Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. It is the inconspicuous entrance to the Metropolitan Transportation … more
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