"The light rail line would connect Brooklyn and Queens along a 14-mile-long route from Bay Ridge in Brooklyn to Jackson Heights in Queens. 19 new stations will be built for the Interborough Express and would connect to 17 different subway lines. "The IBX will dramatically improve the commutes of over 160,000 daily riders and we are moving full-speed ahead to keep this transformational project on track,"Hochul said."
"The project would be made at a cost of $5.5 billion. The environmental review process will run concurrent to the ongoing preliminary design and engineering phase of the project that kicked off in August, officials said. "900,000 New Yorkers live along the proposed IBX route, and we're not going to waste any time advancing this project for them. Launching the State environmental review process gives us the momentum we need to move this transformational effort toward construction," MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said."
The Interborough Express is a proposed 14-mile light rail linking Bay Ridge in Brooklyn to Jackson Heights in Queens with 19 new stations and connections to 17 subway lines. The project is projected to improve commutes for over 160,000 daily riders and touch 900,000 residents who live along the proposed route. The state environmental review has begun and will proceed concurrently with ongoing preliminary design and engineering work that started in August. The estimated cost is $5.5 billion. Public meetings to explain project scope and accept comments are scheduled Oct. 29, Nov. 6 and a virtual session Nov. 12.
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