The MTA is also installing storage tracks at two LIRR stations as part of the East Side Access readiness project. One storage track, a siding under construction near Massapequa station on the Babylon Branch, would be used to store trains that originate or terminate at Massapequa, allowing for increased peak-hour service between Massapequa and Penn Station/Grand Central. , it is planned for completion in April 2019. The MTA is also extending Track 2 on the Port Washington Branch, which ends as a pocket track east of Great Neck station, an additional east, making it long enough to store two trainsets. It is also installing a new bridge at Colonial Road, near the station. The construction of the pocket track is scheduled for completion in December 2018 at a total cost of $45.2 million.