וומס: 5 יאריגע פארשלעפטע ארבעט ענדליך וועט קומען צו ענדע
און א באריכט פאר קומיוניטי בארד 1 האט די סיטי געמאלדן אז ביי סעפטעמבער בערך וועט שוין זיין פארטיג, נישט וואו געזאגט די חודש פון אוגאסט
Almost done with Flushing Avenue
By Aaron Short
Monday, August 10, 2009 9:53 AM EDT
It
has been five years in the making, but fans of the Flushing Avenue
reconstruction will have to wait until September for the completion of
the $40 million Department of Design and Construction project.
At
a Community Board 1 Transportation Committee meeting on July 29 at the
board's district office (435 Graham Avenue, Williamsburg), DDC Project
Manager Paul Kidder revealed that the project would be completed in
four to six weeks, once a large water pipe is installed on the site.
''Phase
Four is finished but we're still waiting for Phase Three,'' said
Kidder.''It should be two to three weeks to install the pipes, and
another two to three weeks for the restoration.''
The project,
which consists of replacing old water and sewage pipes stretching 3.1
miles on Flushing Avenue from Cypress Avenue to the Manhattan Bridge,
began in January 2004.The four-way street, which includes both heavy
industry and residential development, has seen tremendous population
increases over the past 10 years.Kidder believes that the
reconstruction will add the necessary infrastructure to support the new
growth in these neighborhoods.
''There's a lot of new development here.We need to do it,'' said Kidder.
The
infrastructure includes water and sewage pipes, as well as new
steel-faced curbs, tree plantings, street lighting and refurbished
cement sidewalks.
''The lighting is better, the sidewalks are better, I like it,'' said CB1 member Karen Nieves.
Teresa
Toro, chair of the CB 1 Transportation Committee, proposed an event to
officially celebrate the completion of the project, possibly descending
into a manhole under Flushing Avenue while wearing a hard hat.
When
asked what kinds of creatures Kidder had encountered while working
underground in the city's sewer systems, Kidder explained that city
agencies install cameras to videotape the refuse that floats through a
complex network of sewage and water pipes.He said he never spotted any
eels, alligators, or mutant hybrid fish.
''When you go underground, you never know what you're going to find,'' said Kidder.
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