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L train shutdown plan: HOV lane and ferries


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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/transit-bigs-propose-williamsburg-bridge-hov-lane-shutdown-article-1.3180185

The Williamsburg Bridge could get an HOV lane to help move commuters during the L train shutdown, according to a plan the MTA and city DOT presented to several lawmakers Friday.

The leaders of the two transit agencies — Metropolitan Transportation Authority interim director Ronnie Hakim and Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg — briefed several lawmakers Friday at MTA headquarters about the game plan for the 2019 shutdown of L service between Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The Canarsie tube was damaged during Superstorm Sandy, which dumped millions of gallons of corrosive salt water into the tunnel.

The agencies have to plan to move about 225,000 L train riders cross the East River each day.

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Drivers with at least two passengers will be able to use the HOV lane on an inner roadway of the Williamsburg Bridge.

Meanwhile, the transit agencies presented a new ferry route that’s to run from North Williamsburg to 20th St., according to a source at the meeting.

The ferry will run eight boats an hour, carrying about 1,200 people — the same as one L train.

 
assignment-mta-story.jpg The MTA and the Department of Transportation have to plan to move about 225,000 L train riders cross the East River each day.   (THEODORE PARISIENNE/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)

Most L train riders will travel on nearby train lines, like the G, J/Z and M lines.

Assemblyman Joe Lentol (D-Brooklyn) praised the plan and the collaboration between the two agencies.

“It was a good plan that they presented today. It will require a lot of follow through on their part to get it done," Lentol said. "The important part of the plan is that they're really working hard to get commuters to work and home again.”

MTA and DOT reps did not respond to requests for comment.

The shutdown is supposed to last 15 months, with $400,000 a day penalties for the contractor if it blows the deadline.

 

But if the extensive repair work can be finished before 15 months is up, it’ll get a $15 million bonus, according to a source.

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supposedly i forget where but i read an article that had said something about an HOV lane where if they want to install it they should do it now, plus are they still trying for that pie in the sky idea in making 14 street pedestrian and bus only 

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The shutdown is supposed to last 15 months, with $400,000 a day penalties for the contractor if it blows the deadline.

 

But if the extensive repair work can be finished before 15 months is up, it’ll get a $15 million bonus, according to a source.

 

That is some incentive, either way.

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The shutdown is supposed to last 15 months, with $400,000 a day penalties for the contractor if it blows the deadline.

 

But if the extensive repair work can be finished before 15 months is up, it’ll get a $15 million bonus, according to a source.

What 's the threshold? What if it's 14 months and 29 days? LOL

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