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It $ 5.5 billion Interborough ExpressA 14 -mile -planned lightweight railway line connecting the Brooklyn and Queens districts of New York City, took a step forward with the award of a design and engineering contract, according to a statement by New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
The Metropolitan Transport Authority chose a joint company made up of Omaha, a Nebraska and Jacobs headquarters based in Dallas to oversee the project’s design and engineering phase, according to launch.
The new commuter line, called IBX, will connect the historically undervalued communities of Brooklyn and Queens between them and the subway, the Metro, Bus and Long Island road systems, according to the launch. It is planned to reduce travel times in 30 minutes in any direction.
Hochul proposed the project by 2022When displacement patterns data showed that fewer people moved inside and out of Manhattan, Time Out reported. Approved $ 2.75 million for the project in April as part of the MTA Capital Plan 2025-2029.
“Building the Interborough Express will transform New York, connecting communities such as never, shortening displacements and triggering the full potential of Brooklyn and Queens,” Hochul said in the statement. “IBX is the type of project that future generations describe as non-penser.”
The IBX will have 19 stations and will connect to 17 different metro lines, depending on the launch. It will be built on an existing right of passage in a goods line and marks the first new fast traffic from end to end built entirely in New York City from the Inde Crosstown line, now called G, opened in 1937.
The design work will be officially started this summer, focusing on communication and signal systems, vehicles and tracks. Civil engineering efforts will include station wall plans and retention, bridge reconstruction and design installation and storage installation, according to launch. This phase marks the last great step before the formal construction begins.
