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LIRR Wantagh Project First Upgrade Since 1968
MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) recently broke ground for a $23.9 million modernization and accessibility project for the Wantagh Station, the first significant upgrade since the station was built in 1968.
New features include an escalator and elevator providing ADA accessibility for the first time, concrete platform, segmented canopy, waiting room, lighting, communications system and signage. It also includes a permanent public art project showing a scene of nearby Jones Beach. The station on the LIRR Babylon Branch provides more than 5,700 passenger trips each weekday.
Funding will come from the state’s support for the MTA Capital Program and a $4 million contribution from Nassau County.
LIRR plans to take two years to complete the project, which must be carried out in stages, and will work with the contractor to identify ways to speed up that timeline.
New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced an initiative to speed up station enhancement projects by changing MTA’s contracting procedures to enable a “design-build” approach, which LIRR is closely monitoring.
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