MTA LIRR

Transformative Expansion - East Side Access

Presentation to the 5th Annual Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum

Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President MTA Capital Construction

February 2012

The MTA Network

§  Provides 8.5 million transit rides a day

l  About 30% of all transit rides in U.S.

l  More trips than the next 10 U.S. systems combined

l  Four times the trips every year as the entire domestic airline industry

l  Long Island Rail Road serves 282,350 customers per weekday, busiest commuter rail in country

§  2011 operating budget of $13.4 billion

§  Investing $24+ billion in its current five-year capital program

Economic Impact

MTA the lifeblood of $1.4 Trillion regional economy

Provides 25% of New York City’s construction industry jobs

2010 – 2014 Capital Program

l  Expected to create approximately 350,000 New York jobs

l  Spur $44 billion in economic activity

What is the MTA Capital Construction Company?

§  Created by the MTA in July 2003 to oversee system expansion

§  Mission: Build East Side Access, Second Avenue Subway, No. 7 Extension, the Fulton Street Transit Center, South Ferry Station (in revenue service) and manage the capital security program

§  Largest transit expansion program in the nation

§  Current project portfolio of $17 billion

What is East Side Access? A Transit Mega Project that will Extend LIRR

service to Grand Central Terminal

East Side Access - Need

§  Penn Station is LIRR’s only terminal in Manhattan l  North America’s busiest train station; operations shared

with NJ Transit & Amtrak for total of 61 trains in the station during peak hours

l  Overcrowded; approximately 230,000 LIRR passengers at Penn each weekday with 81,330 peak AM arrivals

l  No capacity for increasing service; Station, tunnel and yard infrastructure limitations

§  Almost 50% of LIRR customers would be better served by a terminal on Manhattan’s East Side

§  LIRR cannot meet the needs of Long Island, the nation’s third largest city, or the needs of Man-hattan’s midtown economic center for workers

§  Constructing new infrastructure for ESA will allow for increased train service between Long Island/Queens and Midtown Manhattan

211 census tracts of over 100,000 residents/sq. mi. in N.Y.C.

33 census tracts of over 300,000 workers/sq. mi. in N.Y.C.

Manhattan Population Density - Only 6 other census tracts with this density in the entire nation

Manhattan Employment Density - Only 5 other census tracts with this density in the entire nation

Need for Expansion East Side Access is in the densest population

and employment areas in the nation

East Side Access - Benefits

§  First Expansion of LIRR in over 100 years

§  Increases East River tunnel capacity by over 50%

§  Supports job growth in area surrounding Grand Central Terminal

§  Relieves congestion at Penn Station

§  Saves thousands of East Side-bound commuters 40 minutes per day

§  Will serve approximately 160,000 customers per day

East Side Access - Scope Upper Platform

Lower Platform

§  7.75 miles of new tunnels in Manhattan & Queens

§  A new LIRR terminal station beneath Grand Central Terminal l  8 tracks, 4 platforms l  Mezzanines and

concourses

§  New yards and shop in Sunnyside, Queens

§  Budget: $8.192 B l  Including $463M rolling

stock and $401M regional investments

Mined Caverns and Shafts Directly Below Grand Central Park

Avenue Vanderbilt

Avenue

MNR Lower Level

MNR Upper Level

Off Street Entrances

LIRR Concourse

Escalator Shafts

Terminal Caverns

Upper Platform Lower

Platform

91’-0” 140’-0” Freight Elevators

Passenger Elevators

Section Looking North 10’-7”

13’-0”

9’-5”

27’-4” 51’-11”

West Cavern East Cavern

61’-2”

Section Looking North

LIRR Mezzanine

LIRR Platforms Below Grand Central

§  Column free §  27’4” platform width §  47 escalators §  22 elevators

Upper Platform

Lower Platform

Escalator Construction

Invert Rebar Placement in Escalator 3 (2/2012) Excavation in Escalator 1 using Manzi Mucker (12/2011)

§  4 Escalators in Construction from New LIRR Concourse to new Mezzanines

§  35 Degree slope

Mucking in Eastbound Cavern (5-31-2011) Concrete Pour in Eastbound Cavern (1-16-2012)

Concrete Pour in Eastbound Cavern (1-16-2012) Installing Rebar Cage in Westbound Cavern (6/2011) Waterproofing in Westbound Cavern (7/2011)

Poured Concrete Arches in Westbound Cavern (8/2011) Eastbound Arch Form Carrier (9/2011)

Manhattan Caverns

Installing Waterproofing in L302 Tunnel (6/2011)

Concrete Pour in L303 Tunnel (12/2011)

Rebar Installation in L302 Tunnel (12/2011)

Shotcrete Work in L-303 and TT-3 (2/2012)

GCT Tunnels

Manhattan Ventilation Facilities

Rendering of Exterior of 44th Street. Demolition Near Completion.

Rendering of 50th Street Vent Facility

August 2011

May 2011

Preparation at TBM Tunnel ‘A’ Launch Block – May 2011

Open Cut Excavation Under Active Amtrak/NJT Tracks

Track A

Track B/C

LIRR Lead

Track D

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TBM Launch Structure

Tunnels Cut & Cover

CQ031/CQ039

Mining New Tunnels and Building New Structures Under the Rail Yard

How do you get from…

By tunneling under the busiest railway interchange anywhere in the country

And under an existing subway and elevated rail line

HERE

THERE

Under an active rail storage yard

And in Manhattan, we must blast and build…

Under GCT, the country’s premier rail terminal

While the second largest commuter railroad continues to operate

And under blocks of the most valuable Real Estate in North America

Thank You!