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FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com september 18, 2014 • The Courier sun 11 Ozone Park train stations to be fully repaired by end of September BY SALVATORE LICATA slicata@queenscourier.com @Sal_Licata1 The A train will soon pull into newly renovated T H E S H O W C A N ’ T G O O N I F T H E L I G H T S D O N ’ T . Three months of rehearsals. Two weeks of ticket sales. One performance. Talk about pressure. Not just on the kids, but on the electricity. That’s why Con Edison spends $2 billion a year improving its energy systems. But if you ever do lose power, please report the outage online at conEd.com or call us at 1-800-75-CONED. And, to learn more about our work backstage, follow us on Facebook or Twitter. subway stops in Ozone Park. The 88th Street and 104th Street stations, on the Queens-bound side, are expected to reopen at the end of September, after about five months of repair work, according to an MTA spokeswoman. The repairs and replacements being made at the stops, which were started in May, are part of a $39 million capital project for five designated stations along the A line on Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park. The scope of work being done at the stops includes repairs or replacements of mezzanineto platform stairs; mezzanine floors, doors and windows; and interior and exterior walls, the spokeswoman added. Furthermore, each station will be painted, canopied, have better lighting in the mezzanine areas and have its railings replaced. The MTA has also worked to add new artwork to each of the stations with the help of MTA Arts for Transit. The artwork will be displayed on the platforms’ windscreen walls. The capital project called for station renewals of these two stations along with 80th St.- Hudson St., Rockaway Boulevard and 111th St.-Greenwood Avenue. As of press time, no timetable was given for the completion of the other three train stations. THE COURIER/ Photo by Salvatore Licata Ozone Park train stations to re-open by the end of September.


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