New Roosevelt Island Tram Design Renderings For Manhattan and Roosevelt Island Stations – Tram Shutdown in September Reopens Next February

Here are the latest design renderings for the Roosevelt Island Tram Manhattan and Roosevelt Island Stations.

RIOC President Steve Shane reports on the progress of the Roosevelt Island Tram Modernization program:

Tram Overhaul: The schedule for a July 2009 shutdown and December reopening has shifted. The Contractor, POMA, has requested sliding the window of closure to accommodate redesign changes in the structural elements, principally the tower heads and the necessary bracing. Design and fabrication of the various elements is well advanced. A shutdown on September 8 and a reopening in February now being finalized. Better coordination with architectural work at the two stations will result. I met again with Community Board 8 on June 3. Architectural work for Tram stations is proceeding. A preliminary sketch of the Manhattan and Island stations is posted on the RIOC website, but it is an evolving concept.

Mr. Shane’s statement is part of his column that appears both on this blog and in the Main Street WIRE. His full column will appear in whole later in the week.I would like to remember the current Tram like this representation of it taken at it’s 33rd birthday.