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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Dec 27 00:42:41 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sat Dec 26 22:38:11 2009. That's why I preferred by deep bored solutionI understand your motivation, but I think that you underestimate the difficulty of obtaining funding for that kind of tunneling. I find much to like, as usual, in your proposal, but I find it prohibitively costly. As a cheaper compromise, it probably holds some promise, but obviously, I prefer my idea. Coincidentally, much of that stretch of the LIE hasn't been reconstructed yet, so if we work now with NYSDOT, it may be feasible to squeeze the line into any potential reconstruction of that stretch. Although we differ in ranking preferences (maybe), I think that we have to opt for a practical something rather than something that's too expensive to build and so it won't be. I concede at the outset that this doesn't give these riders the largest possible time savings, but it does a lot, I think, while providing some bang for the buck, enough so that it's feasible. Sadly, North Shore Towers will remain an awful figure of earlier planning to dump several large high-rise towers in an area sans transit... I think that was by design. :( Someone I know may be able to shed some light on it. I'll report back if he remembers anything all these years later. Huge amount of units too. |
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