Working on the L line/ Photo credit: Lenny Wiggins, MTA New York City Transit
NEW YORK CITY—New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced plans which will avoid a full shutdown of the L train. Three years ago the MTA had announced it was shutting down the L for 15 months beginning in spring 2019 to make critical repairs of infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
But engineering experts from Columbia University and Cornell Engineering Schools provided a report with recommendations that will allow the work to be completed on nights and weekends. A singe tube will provide continued service in both directions while work is ongoing.
The engineers determined a complete closure of the L train was unnecessary.
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Betsy Kim
Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
