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"Simple moves like raising entry steps and sealing street vents prevents the kind of flooding that takes service out or causes risk to our passengers," said Jamie Torres-Springer, MTA Construction ...
Transit officials are ill-prepared to effectively deploy personnel and resources to prevent flooding in the event of a hurricane, the MTA Inspector General’s Office said Wednesday. An IG audit ...
The audit, which covered MTA subagencies for bridges, tunnels and bus operations from 2009 to mid-2023, found that several flood doors on the Queens-Midtown and Hugh L. Carey tunnels had broken ...
When a deluge of water poured into the Queens-Midtown Tunnel earlier this month, MTA crews spent hours trying to figure out the source of the leak that forced officials to temporarily close the ...
A pair of tunnels leading into Manhattan will be partially closed to motorists on several nights this summer as the MTA tests emergency flood doors that would protect the tunnels during a ...
One-sixth of the Hudson Line will be susceptible to high-tide flooding by the 2050s, MTA analysts project. By then, sea levels at Spuyten Duyvil are projected to rise 30 inches. “Climate change ...