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Maintenance Work Will Disrupt Service on No. 7 Subway Line

Friday, January 22, 2010

Subway riders on the No. 7 line are about to see big service disruptions. A section of the line in Long Island City will be closed for seven weekends starting January 29. The neighborhood's new councilman, Jimmy Van Bramer, says the 7 is the lifeblood for the area's residents, businesses, and cultural institutions.

"We cannot continue to see these massive service reductions every year with little or no community input or notification," he says.

Van Bramer says he and other elected officials only heard about the service disruptions last week.

Saying the planned shuttle service between Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue and Queensboro Plaza is inadequate, he's also calling on the MTA to provide bus service directly to Grand Central.

An MTA spokesman says the maintenance has to be done on weekends because crews aren't allowed to do nighttime work on elevated lines.

He also says shuttle buses directly to Grand Central would create big traffic tie-ups in Long Island City and on the East Side of Manhattan.

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