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Re: New details on East Side Access construction; photos

Posted by JRice on Thu May 3 08:30:04 2007, in response to Re: New details on East Side Access construction; photos, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed May 2 19:46:50 2007.

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Terrapin got it. One of the older alignments for ESA had T1A and T2A of the NYCT Super Express AND a yard lead extended to the bored tunnel launch wall. ESA would have constructed a bored tunnel and approach into the REA area Sunnyside for a future NYCT yard that even planned for aerial ramps off of the 7 Line viaduct. The fact that NYCT never had an actual MOU or Capital Plan for this yard killed it. The reality of extending place holder tunnels hundreds of feet (including under Northern Blvd at great $/ft) slowly killed the extensions as part of ESA.

The route is indeed protected, but NYCT folks I deal with do not foresee a superexpress in our lifetime. The realities of modern fire and safety codes have increaesd the cost of extending tunnels many times over.

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