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The Interborough Express is one step closer to bridging numerous transit-deprived neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Queens, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday approved the project’s full design. At its monthly board meeting, the MTA awarded a nearly $166 million design contract to the joint engineering venture Jacobs/HDR, according to amNY . The two-year agreement will begin preliminary design development and includes a “comprehensive scope of work”—such as surveys, geotechnical and environmental investigations, and structural inspections—to move the project forward.

Engineers will also participate in third-party negotiations and public outreach, according to MTA officials. Total construction costs for the IBX are expecte

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