news MTA to Name Contractors for Post-Sandy Clark, Rutgers Tubes Repairs

[Lance]

 

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is quietly planning repairs to the Hurricane Sandy-ravaged 2 and 3 and F train tunnels between Brooklyn and Manhattan, in a similar vein to the much-fretted-about fix ups that will likely see the L tube close for more than a year. The 2012 super-storm sent saltwater gushing into the 2 and 3 trains’ Clark Street tunnel and the F train’s Rutgers Street tunnel, damaging tracks, signals, ducts, power, and communication cables, and now workers need extended access to fix them, according to the agency’s press guru Kevin Ortiz. The agency will name a contractor for the [Rutgers] job in 2018, Ortiz said, but claimed it is too soon to know when the work will start or end, and if it will need to close tunnel on weekdays.

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[R32 3838]

If they close the tubes all times. That will lead to some interesting things

[TheNewYorkElevated]

If they close the tubes all times. That will lead to some interesting things

Indeed. I would see more R46's on the than R160's.

 

 

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[R32 3838]

Indeed. I would see more R46's on the than R160's.

 

 

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Actually the will still have the same fleet

[Lance]

If they close the tubes all times. That will lead to some interesting things

Something you want to share with the group?

[B46 via Utica]

Wonder how disasturious this might be. I know the will run on the and lines but is it only going to be during weekend G.Os

[Tower18]

Wonder how disasturious this might be. I know the will run on the and lines but is it only going to be during weekend G.Os

It'll be fine, the exact same as the Cranberry repairs, but the inverse.  I don't know why anyone is assuming it'll be any different.

 

F via Cranberry in both directions from Jay to W4, most weekends and some nights, for however long.

[2 Train Master]

It'll be fine, the exact same as the Cranberry repairs, but the inverse.  I don't know why anyone is assuming it'll be any different.

 

F via Cranberry in both directions from Jay to W4, most weekends and some nights, for however long.

That is a clear assumption. Nothing in the article stated what the closures will be but it did state the Rutgers tubes sustained more damage than the Clark tubes. The may be shutdown entirely from York to East Broadway for continuous months or just weekends/nights. Thats where things may be interesting because the has fairly short headways and sharing trackage with the and on weekdays could be pretty damn bad not only that LES residents may not have train service other than the which will see an increase but still doesnt serve 2nd Av,EB,York St, and Delancey. An everyday rerouted via the Cranberry tubes can you imagine if the has to get rerouted via the because 6th Av is inaccessible. We see the B/D get rerouted via Culver every now and then just imagine the congestion.

[Lance]

It'll be fine, the exact same as the Cranberry repairs, but the inverse.  I don't know why anyone is assuming it'll be any different.

 

F via Cranberry in both directions from Jay to W4, most weekends and some nights, for however long.

Exactly this. Based on the service restoration maps, the Cranberry tubes were worse off than the Rutgers St tunnels since the former reopened a day later. If we're using this to correspond to the amount of repair work needed, the Rutgers tubes should not require any more time than the Cranberry tunnels currently do.

 

I'd imagine the MTA is waiting until 2018 to start so as to avoid having too many tunnels closed at once.

[GreatOne2k]

Looks like the will be back to 12 minute headways on the weekend from Dyre to either Chambers, Rector, or South Ferry while the will run 8 minute headways from 241 to Flatbush.

[Javier]

^Wait what...?

[2 Train Master]

^Wait what...?

The would run via Dyre Av in place of the shuttle latenights and weekends. I think thats what they were getting at. This happened in 2012 & 13 the was re-routed via Dyre and the was running to Wakefield but because of switch and track panel replacements where the (2)/(5) couldn't access their original route IIRC