Summer repairs a Penn in the @$%

Long Island and New Jersey commuters may want to work from home this summer.

Amtrak’s repairs to the antiquated infrastructure at Penn Station will require as many as 44 days of limited service on LIRR and NJ Transit, it was announced on Tuesday.

The mess will last from July 7 to July 25 and then from Aug. 4 to Aug. 28, according to New Jersey state legislators who saw the plans.

The work will mostly take place during weekdays, with no relief for rush hours.

“The utter disregard for commuters from Amtrak just continues, and it’s unacceptable,” said New Jersey Assemblyman John McKeon. “Amtrak ought to listen to the many frustrated rail passengers in New Jersey and arrange for repairs to have the least possible effect on commuters.”

The plan provides a breather around the Fourth of July and La- bor Day holidays, which lawmakers guessed was meant to avoid inconveniencing its tourist riders and paying out more money to contractors.

“We all should be sharing the burden and sacrifice, and it would have been appropriate for Amtrak to sacrifice revenue in return for customers to not get hammered the way they will be,” said New Jersey state Sen. Bob Gordon.

Amtrak confirmed that it is working on a plan and talking to the MTA and NJ Transit about their service schedule during the repairs.

“Our commuter partners are currently reviewing the initial plan and developing individual service plans. We will reconvene with both partners on Thursday for further development,” Amtrak said in a statement Tuesday.

MTA and NJ Transit officials are reviewing the plan.

NJ Transit Executive Director Steven Santoro warned last week that the agency might lose more than half its 63 morning rush-hour trains during repairs.

“If their proposal is the only or the best one and it results in us only able to run holiday service, we are going to have a concern in regards to overcrowding,” Santoro said when addressing the New Jersey state Legislature.

MTA officials said they are still working out the details with Amtrak as to how the repairs will affect LIRR riders.

“We’re in discussions with Amtrak and will continue to meet with them to ensure our riders’ best interests are represented,” said spokeswoman Beth DeFalco.

There have been two derailments at Penn Station in the past five weeks that severely disrupted train traffic into the hub, especially for LIRR and NJ Transit customers.