Traffic & Transit
MTA To Host East Village Town Hall On L Train Shutdown
Top transit officials will discuss the shutdown with locals at Middle Collegiate Church on Monday, Sept. 17.
EAST VILLAGE, NY — Locals have another chance to grouse to transit officials about next spring's L train shutdown — which will displace some 225,000 straphangers who rely on the line to travel between Brooklyn and Manhattan on a given weekday.
The MTA and the city's Department of Transportation will host the latest in a series of town halls on the 15-month project to repair the Hurricane Sandy-damaged Canarsie Tunnel kicking off in April, tonight at the Middle Collegiate Church at 112 Second Avenue in the East Village.
The meeting will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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Top transit officials will be present to discuss details and answer questions including Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and President of the New York City Transit Authority Andy Byford. Area politicians will also be present including Councilwoman Carlina Rivera.
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