No price tag, timeline or construction procurement status for the major work were disclosed in a vision plan released Oct. 17 developed with design firms Arup and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Seven of nine planned contract packages for NJ-NY rail megaproject will either be under construction or in procurement by end of the year, officials said.
Infrastructure agency chiefs need new ways to keep coastal and urban structures, critical bridge crossings and even public sector diversity programs hardened against growing climate change and human-caused risks, they told an ENR conference in Manhattan on Sept. 16.
Officials describe overall holistic approach to tackling New York City's 10-year, $160-billion-plus capital plan, with more use of alternative project delivery methods as possible option to advance critically needed work