Video: New York subway engineers still repairing Sandy damage a year on

New York’s subway operator MTA has released a video showing the ongoing repair work being carried out on the Hurricane Sandy-damaged Montague Tubes tunnels.

“The scope of work for the Montague Tubes is extensive, amounting to a near rebuilding of the link which connects Downtown Brooklyn with Lower Manhattan,” said MTA.

“The work will be completed in two contracts. The first; repair of all right-of-way components includes significant work to tracks, tunnel lighting, circuit breaker houses, power substations, pump rooms, fan plant, power cable and ducts. The second contract will repair of signal equipment.

“Work for both contracts will occur while the tube is shut down for a period of 14 months.”




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