{"id":3531,"date":"2025-10-15T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3531\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:05:07","slug":"mtas-ibx-train-project-enters-the-next-phase-of-work-public-meetings-scheduled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3531\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA\u2019s IBX train project enters the next phase of work; public meetings scheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Office of Governor Kathy Hochul<\/p>\n

Environmental reviews are about to begin for the Interborough Express (IBX)<\/a>, marking another significant milestone in the MTA\u2019s construction of the light-rail project in Queens and Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> and the state-run MTA said on Wednesday that the agency is beginning the environmental review process for the forthcoming IBX under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The review will begin with three public meetings at Brooklyn College on Oct. 29; Christ the King High School in Middle Village on Nov. 6; and a virtual meeting on Nov. 12.<\/p>\n

Officials at the meetings will discuss the scope of the project and the review process. For more details on the meetings, including how to attend, visit mta.info\/project\/interborough-express<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starting the environmental review marks the second major milestone reached for the IBX. It follows the MTA\u2019s August announcement that the project had entered the preliminary engineering and design phase<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both steps \u2014 the environmental review and design\/engineering \u2014 will proceed concurrently, MTA officials said. Following public outreach, the SEQRA process will produce a Draft Scoping Document and, ultimately, a draft Environmental Impact Statement on the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"railroadThe Interborough Express (IBX) will be built along an underutilized freight rail line running through Brooklyn and Queens.Trent Reeves\/MTA<\/p>\n

Hochul and MTA leadership have maintained that the 14-mile, 19-stop train will be a game-changer for Queens and Brooklyn residents, as it will connect the two boroughs directly without going through Manhattan. A total trip is expected to take around 32 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe IBX will dramatically improve the commutes of over 160,000 daily riders, and we are moving full-speed ahead to keep this transformational project on track,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cBeginning environmental review is yet another statement of intent that in New York, we don\u2019t just talk about major infrastructure projects, we build them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MTA\u2019s $68.4 billion 2025-2029 capital plan will pay for about 50% of the ambitious project\u2019s estimated total cost of $5.5 billion.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe IBX project will finally give Brooklyn and Queens the fast, reliable transit connection they deserve, and we\u2019re ready to complete it faster, better, and cheaper,\u201d Jamie Torres-Springer, the MTA\u2019s construction and development president, said. \u201cWe look forward to putting shovels in the ground on this transformational project and sharing our ideas with customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MTA has described the IBX as a \u201cgenerational transit investment\u201d that will connect nearly 900,000 New Yorkers in underserved areas of Brooklyn and Queens to the subway, bus and Long Island Rail Road. The project is expected to reduce travel times between the two boroughs and will run along an existing 14-mile freight line owned by the MTA and CSX Corp.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The project has come with some mixed reactions<\/a> from communities along its planned route. While many Brooklyn and Queens residents support the construction of a new train line, others have expressed concern that it could lead to displacement and gentrification, particularly in already vulnerable communities along the proposed route.<\/p>\n

The MTA stated that it hosts a virtual community council on the project quarterly, bringing together elected officials, community groups, and community boards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IBX rendering. By Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Environmental reviews are about to begin for the Interborough Express…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[98,3932,3933,3934,3935,9,24,63,122,134,136,135,3936,142],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-brooklyn","tag-gov-kathy-hochul","tag-ibx-plans","tag-interborough-express-light-rail","tag-jamie-torres-springer","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-trains-in-nyc","tag-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}