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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 29 December 2017 - 01:59 AM

New York, NY Times, 12/28/17:

 


 

The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth

 

 

 

An accountant discovered the discrepancy while reviewing the budget for new train platforms under Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.

 

The budget showed that 900 workers were being paid to dig caverns for the platforms as part of a 3.5-mile tunnel connecting the historic station to the Long Island Rail Road. But the accountant could only identify about 700 jobs that needed to be done, according to three project supervisors. Officials could not find any reason for the other 200 people to be there.

 

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It's underground trackage but obviously it's not really "subway" in terms of the rail rapid transit in New York since this will be LIRR.



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Posted 25 April 2018 - 11:58 AM

Second Avenue Sagas, 4/22/18:

 


 

East Side Access price tag passes $11 billion after latest increase

 

 

East Side Access, the long-awaiting plan to bring LIRR trains to the East Side, is one of New York City’s out-of-sight, out-of-mind public works that just keeps on going, seemingly without end but also without disruption. To that end, it comes and goes as part of the public conversation around transit priorities and any attempts at reassessing the project over the years via normal metrics has gone nowhere.

 

 

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