Letter: Studies done for new LIRR tracks?
This view looking west, shows the stretch of single-track main line between the Pinelawn and Wyandanch stations on the LIRR's Ronkonkoma branch, April 16, 2012. Credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas
Adding pocket tracks means adding more rush-hour trains that will cause railroad crossing gates, such as the one in downtown Syosset, to stay down longer ["On track for big changes," News, June 9].
Has any planning been done to consider the effect on pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the surrounding communities?
Laura Schultz, Syosset
Editor's note: The writer is the president of Residents for a More Beautiful Syosset.
