The Long Island Rail Road is warning riders to prepare for possible service disruptions next week when Amtrak starts repairing the East River Tunnels.

Amtrak is days away from a $1.6 billion project to repair the East River Tunnels hundreds of feet below the surface. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.

Properly repairing this damage is no easy task, and certainly not one that can be limited to nights and weekends, Amtrak officials said. "We need to get in here soon. This is not something we want to keep holding off on,