E.P. Median project delayed?

brownie · July 2010

The project was supposed to start last week. Now I hear it is AGAIN on hold until Nov. Anybody know the story?

carnivore · July 2010

I think the story is that the city has no money.

whynot_31 · July 2010

Carnivore wrote: I think the story is that the city has no money.

No it's more fun than that.

This project is being built with federal money that was earmarked pork by a certain retiring congressman ...to basically renovate his front lawn. (I won't state his name, but one could easily figure it out with a little work)

....albeit a lawn that others would get to walk on.

We have to track down this guy to get the latest. http://www.streetsblog.org/category/people/robert-witherwax/

He spends lots of time on such projects (and is a good guy).

I predict he will entertain us with stories of DOT disfunction.

whynot_31 · November 2010

http://teamtish.blogspot.com/2010/11/community-advisory-notice-eastern.html

special November update! ....they are going to dig exploratory holes.

whynot_31 · November 2010

And now a retrospective!

In 2005, this thread celebrated the culmination of 5 years of work and announced that money had been obtained!

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7582&page=1

Note the optimistic start dates and completion dates

It is now getting toward the end of 2010.

Construction is supposed to take "18 months". Anyone have any bets on when construction will begin or how long it will take?

caseopele · November 2010

I hope they actually do restore the memorial plaques, they'll need metal detectors to find half of them. It's disgraceful how little the city cares.

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