The MTA has released more detail regarding its timeline to fix the Canarsie tunnel (the main transportation gateway between Manhattan and Williamsburg), which will shut down L train service potentially for years beginning in 2019, according to new documents.
The MTA, which had been keeping its repair plans under wraps, laid out some of its plans in board documents released few days ago. To fix the tunnel damaged by Hurricane Sandy, the MTA plans to replace or repair 56 miles of power, communication and signal cables, nearly three miles of track and a water pump room, according to the New York Daily News. The MTA hopes to award a contract for the work by the end of the year.
While service on the L is suspended, the MTA will make the often packed Bedford and First Avenue stations more spacious and add new elevators.
Still, the MTA has shied away from releasing an official timeline.