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“This is an important investment that will help strengthen our critical transportation infrastructure,” Gillibrand said in a statement. “Metro-North was damaged following Superstorm Sandy and needed vast repairs. We need to make sure that New York taxpayers and the commuters who rely on Metro-North to get to work every day aren’t stuck footing the bill alone. This funding will help ease that burden and will also help build back our transportation infrastructure even stronger so we are prepared when the next storm hits.”
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant is part of a $787 million investment for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for recovery and resiliency capital projects resulting from Sandy.
“With this massive injection of federal dollars, mass transit riders throughout the Hudson Valley can rest assured that the rail system that they ride each day will be stronger and more resilient against future storms,” Schumer said in a statement. “Superstorm Sandy walloped our tracks, electrical systems, bus and rail equipment and more, and this federal funding will help ensure that our transit system and related infrastructure receives necessary upgrades without concern that the cost will be passed onto commuters.”
Here is the MTA's project list:
- Upgrading and protecting existing infrastructure.
- Restoration of signal, track and communication infrastructure in multiple tunnels.
- Restoration of circuit breaker houses and power. infrastructure for multiple MTA operating agencies.
- Repair of damage to essential communication and signal equipment along branch lines and in storage yards.
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