LIRR Main Line Corridor Improvements EIS

Public Scoping Meetings

The public is invited to participate in project scoping on:

• Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at Jericho Terrace - 249 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola , NY 11501 ;
• Thursday, June 16, 2005 at Floral Terrace - 250 Jericho Turnpike, Floral Park , NY 11001 ; and
• Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at Antuns Hicksville - 244 West Old Country Road , Hicksville , NY 11801

from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The scoping meeting sites are accessible to mobility-impaired people and interpreter services will be provided for hearing-impaired people upon request.

Presentation boards depicting the project concept will be available for review at the meeting locations. Formal presentations by the LIRR regarding the project will be made at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., each followed by the opportunity for the public to make comments on the scope of the EIS. LIRR representatives will be available for informal questions and comments throughout the duration of each scoping meeting.

Those wishing to speak are requested to register at the meeting location upon arrival, however, additional speakers will be invited until there are no more speakers requesting to be heard. Subsequent opportunities for public involvement will be announced on the Internet, by mail, and through other appropriate mechanisms, and will be conducted throughout the study area.

Written comments on the scope of the EIS should be sent to:

Mr. Peter Palamaro
LIRR Public Affairs
Jamaica Station-1131
Jamaica, New York 11435

by August 31, 2005 extended through December 31, 2005

Keeping in Touch

The project staff welcomes your questions, comments and ideas. As an interested member of the public, you can visit this website for updates, join our mailing list, and attend public meetings. For more information, please contact: Pete Palamaro at the address above, or call (718) 558-7934. Or you can e-mail us.