THE PICTURES ABOVE SHOW THE LIRR STATION RONKONKOMA THE EASTERN TERMINUS FOR ELECTRIC TRAINS ON LONG ISLAND, THE PROJECT IS UNDER BUILT AND UNDER USED THE PLAN FOR A HUB CONNECTING THE LIRR MAIN BRANCH WITH THE AIRPORT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE STATION AND THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY ONE HALF OF A MILE NORTH MAKING THE EASTERN TERMINUS A TRANSPORTATION HUB THAT COULD SERVE THE TRI STATE AREA WITH A AIRPORT THAT HAS JETS THAT FLY OUT OF IT JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE US AND THE LIE WITH IT"S BRAND NEW HOV LANE THAT WOULD EASE THE STATIONS TRAFFIC ON THE AREA ALSO SUNRISE HWAY IS @ MILES SOUTH BOTH IT AND THE LIE ARE USED TO HEAD INTO NYC VIA THE SOUTH SHORE AND THE LIE RUNNING THE LENGTH OF LIE> RONKONKOMA WAS TO HAVE OFFICE AND SHOPPING COMPLEX'S THAT WOULD HAVE LIRR ADMINISTRATION AND IT'S WORK CREWS HOUSED OUT AT RONKONKOMA OFFERING MORE WORK AND ATTENTION GIVEN THE EASTERN AREA OF THE RAILROAD, NOW IT LOOKS ALTHOUGH THEY ABANDONDED THE PLAN LOTS THAT WERE TO HOUSE LIRR BUILDINGS SIT OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS AND THE TERMINALS CONCRETE FALLING OFF THE STATION IN CHUNKS! WORK CREWS REMOVE THESE CHUNKS OF CONCRETE THAT ARE BREAKING OFF THE STATIONS PLATFORMS MOSS AND MILDEW HAVE INVADED THE STATIONS PLATFORM SUPPORTS. THE DAY THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHERE MOSS IS GROWING ON THE PLATFORM STANCHION WAS 101 DEGREES IN CENTRAL PARK AND WAS HOT AS HELL ! NO RAIN HAD FALLEN FOR THE LAST FIVE DAYS< BUT THIS MOSS AND MILDEW WAS WET AND DRIPPING ALMOST A MIRACLE SINCE THE NIGHT BEFORE WAS IN THE HIGH 80s AT 3 AM! THE STEEL AND METAL IS RUSTING AWAY AND THE PAINT COVERING THE IRON IS LONG GONE AND THE STEEL SUPPORTS ARE RUSTING AND THE PIGEONS THAT MAKE THEIR HOME AT THE STATION HAVE CRAPPED ALL OVER THE METAL THAT SUPPORTS THE WALKWAY OVER RAILROAD AVE! LIRR WORK CREWS REPAIRED CONCRETE MAY OF 2010 ON THE STAIRWELL WHERE HUGE CHUNKS APPEAR TO BE UNDERMINED BY WATER IN THE WINTER THAT FROZE AND IS TEARING THE STATION APART LITERALLY THE DECORATIVE PLANTERS THAT ARE NOT IN THE GENERAL AREA WHERE THEY COULD BE DAMAGED BY HUMANS ARE ALSO CHIPPING OFF CHUNKS AS SEEN IN THESE PHOTOS. WHO IS GOING TO WIND UP PAYING FOR THIS NEGLECTED AND FORGOTTEN PIECE OF CRAP THAT THE LIRR HAS LEFT TO ROT????? YOU,ME AND WHOEVER RIDES THIS RAILROAD, AND IF THIS IS HOW THEY USE THEIR MONEY WE GOT SCREWED AGAIN BY THE LIRR/MTA!
