Posted Jul 12, 2019, 6:45 PM
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Greetings from New Jersey
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: North Jersey
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Governor Cuomo Announces New Elmont Train Station, The First New Full-Time LIRR Station In Nearly 50 Years
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the transformational $1.26 billion Belmont Park Redevelopment Project will benefit from a full-time Long Island Rail Road train station, the first full-time LIRR station in nearly 50 years, helping mitigate traffic concerns and providing a new amenity to the Elmont community. In addition, Governor Cuomo released an analysis of the project's economic impact, which found the new arena, hotel and retail village will generate nearly $50 million in new public revenue per year and produce $725 million in annual economic output.
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https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/gov...tion-nearly-50
Arguments against the New Station
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Station would be located less than 0.25 miles from Bellerose: if a new Main Line station were to be built with full 12-car platforms, the east end of the platform would just about a quarter-mile (1,400 ft) from Bellerose station, which typical walking distance
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