Colonial Road Improvement Project Info-Center Opening Day Press Conference, March 28, 2011

MTA Long Island Rail Road is opening a special Information Center at Great Neck Station for LIRR Port Washington Branch customers to learn about the proposed Colonial Road Improvement Project and how it will improve service for the entire Port Washington Branch. The Info Center -- which will be open Tuesday, March 29 through Sunday April 3 -- will have LIRR personnel on hand to discuss the details of the LIRR's proposed project to replace the 114-year-old Colonial Road Bridge, address track drainage problems and extend an existing pocket track east of Great Neck Station as part of the effort to bring LIRR service to Grand Central Terminal.




LIRR's Project Information Center at the Great Neck Station is located at Middle Neck Road and Station Plaza at Great Neck Road, 1/4 mile north of Route 25A.

Information Center hours:




Preview Monday, March 28: 4 PM - 8 PM

Tuesday, March 29: 6:30 AM - 10:30 AM; and 4 PM - 8 PM

Wednesday, March 30: Noon - 8 PM

Thursday, March 31: 6:30 AM - 10:30 AM; and 4 PM - 8 PM

Friday, April 1: 6:30 AM - 10:30 AM; and 4 PM - 8 PM

Saturday, April 2: 12 PM - 4 PM

Sunday, April 3: 12 PM - 4 PM

The LIRR is seeking comments from the public -- customers and residents -- as it conducts an environmental review of its proposed replacement of the Colonial Road Bridge in Great Neck and extension of an existing pocket or turning track crucial to improving service on the Port Washington Branch.

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• Great Neck
• Info center
• LIRR
• MTA
• long island rail road
• Long Island Rail Road
• Colonial Road
• railroad
• Thomaston
• DOT
• Federal Highway Administration
• NYS DOT
• Federal Transit Administration
• Port Washington
• pocket track
• NEPA
• turning track
• Jean Celender
• Helena Williams
• ESA
• East Side Access
• Gary Ackerman
• Robert Stern