[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday that the L train subway tunnel would not fully shut down in April as planned in what would have been one of the biggest transit disruptions in New York City’s recent history. The L train shutdown was scheduled to begin April 27 and last 15 months, crippling a key piece of the city’s transportation network. Under a new plan unveiled by Mr. Cuomo, workers would use a different design to repair the tunnel and some work could be done on nights and weekends. He said not fully closing the L train would be a “phenomenal benefit to the people of New York City.’’The alternative plan was recommended by a panel of experts convened by Mr. Cuomo, who called the new design a “major breakthrough’’ that had been used in Europe but had not been tried in this country.

Source: New York Times January 03, 2019 17:32 UTC