MTA eyes 2018 for East Side Access
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | A construction worker walks along the Eastbound cavern of the East Side Access about 70 feet below street level under Grand Central Terminal in New York. (Jan. 28, 2010)
Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project
Slow excavation, overlapping construction and Amtrak's rehab of East River tunnels are delaying the MTA's $7.4-billion East Side Access project by as much as 18 months, potentially forcing a projected 166,000 daily LIRR riders to wait until 2018 for a one-seat ride to Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal.
The project had been scheduled for completion in September 2016 -- a date still carried...
