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  • That is good news. About time but good news. The Queens subway’s were starting to get a third world feel to them. Now if the MTA would get around to refurbishing the J/M/Z line, that would be an improvement.

    Posted by Ed Brandwein
    on June 19th, 2007 at 11:17 am

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Queens subway no longer washed out

Posted by Steve on Saturday, June 16th, 2007

If you’re a Central Queens subway commuter, chances are you’ve experienced service on the Queens Boulevard subway line grinding to a screeching halt because it’s raining. That problem, it turns out, is thanks to 70-year-old sewer pumps that can’t handle such large volumes of water. But believe it or not, such delays may soon be a thing of the past — according to Visionary from the Queens Boulevard Restoration Group, the MTA is hard at work ripping up the BoD and replacing the pumps that lie underneath. They’ve been in the area lately, so perhaps you’ve spotted them. Vis already reports results — no flooding whatsoever after the big rainstorm this past week.

A special added bonus to this project: After the pump replacement is finished in about a year, all of QB will be resurfaced. That was definitely on my list of hoped-for QB improvements, so there is light at the end of the tunnel.