Dan Stessel
Dan Stessel
appreciate delivering greatly senators support
We greatly appreciate the support of New Jersey's congressional delegation, particularly Senators Lautenberg and Menendez, who were instrumental in delivering this funding.
completed currently divided eastern entire iii million months next phase project second shift six three west work
It is a $23 million project divided into three phases, and it is currently in the second phase. We are currently doing work on the eastern end of the platform, and Phase II will be completed this fall. Phase III will shift to the west end and will be six months in duration. The entire project will be completed by next spring.
cars
Most of the cars are on their side.
busiest expect remarkable stations
It's remarkable to see all this come together. We expect this to be one of the busiest stations in the system.
becomes capacity heavy manual process radio
It becomes a manual process with heavy radio traffic. It's slow, methodical, and reduces capacity to a fraction.
stage tunnel
No way. At this stage in the game, it's like asking, 'Why not a sky-tram?' It's not in a let's-dream-about-it phase. This is not a theoretical exercise. The Tunnel is actually going to happen.
total
It's a first step. It's not a total shutdown.
diversion instead normally saw swung trend
Normally there is a diversion of 2 to 3 percent. Instead we saw an increase. We bucked the trend and swung to get 5 percent.