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Governor Cuomo has now jumped on board the Block 780 Plan for the development of the New York Penn Station South part of the overall Gateway Plan. This certainly breathes life into the dormant proposal.
Proposal is to add 8 platform track in the so called Block 780 encompassed by 30th and 31st St between 7th and 8th Avenue just south of the current Penn Station.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...ghBLIfe2Rml0Jm7qlOmiF9VUeFLJcN6pKeNnWWBdwUDW4
In case you are wondering about the proposed track layout, here is a diagram from the original Gateway document:
http://secondavenuesagas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/GatewayTrackMap.jpg
It shows 7 platform tracks. They will add an 8th track. There is space for it.
Here is a clearer diagram that someone put together based on the one from the original Gateway document:
http://i.imgur.com/FblSo8K.jpg
Proposal is to add 8 platform track in the so called Block 780 encompassed by 30th and 31st St between 7th and 8th Avenue just south of the current Penn Station.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...ghBLIfe2Rml0Jm7qlOmiF9VUeFLJcN6pKeNnWWBdwUDW4
In case you are wondering about the proposed track layout, here is a diagram from the original Gateway document:
http://secondavenuesagas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/GatewayTrackMap.jpg
It shows 7 platform tracks. They will add an 8th track. There is space for it.
Here is a clearer diagram that someone put together based on the one from the original Gateway document:
http://i.imgur.com/FblSo8K.jpg
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