Sandhogs Reach Milestone On $7-Billion New York Job
A pair of tunnel-boring machines has almost completed the main mile-long bore between Manhattan’s east side and Queens for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $7.2-billion East Side Access project. One 22-ft-diameter drive is now completed and the other will be done by the end of summer, say MTA officials.
The entire project, due for completion in 2015, will bring Long Island Rail Road trains directly into Grand Central Terminal through the new tunnels. LIRR commuters currently can only get into Manhattan via Pennsylvania Station on the West Side.