Metro-North cleaning up Hudson Line

Metro-North Railroad will insititute a pilot program in June to clean-up up trash along the Hudson Line between Spuyten Duyvil and Highbridge.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority is looking for a better way to clean its railways, which it found to be in need of better maintenance during a recent review. The MTA will focus on cleaning up after railroad maintenance projects, debris leftover from superstorm Sandy and trash dumped along the tracks. 

The MTA decided to try out its new program along the Hudson because the area still has debris leftover from superstorm Sandy and the stations between Spuyten Duyvil and Highbridge, including Marble Hill, are in need of cleaning.

The Riverdale Press reported last year that residents near Marble Hill complained about people dumping garbage on the tracks, especially near the Promenade.

The MTA says it hopes to learn about the equipment and manpower necessary to undertake a thorough cleaning. It is expected to take the information learned from the pilot in Riverdale and clean all its tracks within the next two years.

The MTA was alerted to the trash problem by Community Board 8’s Environment & Sanitation chair Sergio Marquez. MTA board member Charles Moerdler, who also serves on Community Board 8, as well as Riverdalian and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who currently serves as acting chair of the MTA Board, pushed to have this program begin along the Hudson in Riverdale.