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Plans for Republic Airport LIRR station put on hold
Quick ReadThe LIRR could design and begin construction on the new station in the next five-year capital plan, set to begin in 2015.
Photo credit: Daniel Goodrich | Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman and chief executive Jay Walder chaired a hearing about proposed service reductions and fare increases at the Suffolk County Legislative Auditorium. (March 8, 2010)
The Future of Long Island: Transportation
Map: Transportation focal points
Plans for a new Long Island Rail Road Station near Republic Airport that would anchor a transit hub serving the busy Route 110 corridor are being put on hold for at least five years.
Three days after Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Jay Walder announced that he had cut more than $2 billion out of the MTA's originally proposed 2010-2014 capital plan, LIRR President Helena Williams...
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