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45TH COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT
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4 COURIER LIFE, MAY 3–9, 2019 M BR B G
City to spend big on
project to fi x streets
in Gerristen Beach
$6.6M road reconstruction expected
to be completed by summer of 2020
THE BLUEPRINT: The city will spend millions to reconstruct the streets in Gerritsen Beach
that locals complain have deteriorated in recent years. NYCity Map
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Gerritsen Beach is being fl ooded
with cash.
The city will be spending big on
a multi-year effort to renovate the
roads of Gerritsen Beach.
Slated to be completed in the summer
of 2022, the $6.6 million project
will fi x the streets that have deteriorated
in recent years, according to
one local civic leader.
“The streets were bad before Hurricane
Sandy, but now there’s sinkholes
and water main breaks popping
up all over the place,” said
John Douglas, president of Gerritsen
Beach Cares.
The project, which will begin in
the coming months, will focus on retrofi
tting the infrastructure around
the area to better deal with storms
and fl ooding, according to a rep with
the Department of Design and Construction.
“The purpose of the project is to
restore streets and to incorporate
mitigation elements as appropriate,
to ensure long-term climate resiliency,
which includes repaving
roads, storm sewer installation, water
main replacements, and sanitary
sewers,” said Shoshana Khan.
Initially planned in 2013, the project
had been long delayed, as the city
opted to wait for completion of the
extensive amount of construction on
residential property in the aftermath
of Superstorm Sandy, according to
Douglas.
“They didn’t want to repair the
roads, only to have them immediately
torn up by big, heavy construction
equipment,” he said.
Douglas said the project was becoming
increasingly necessary, as
residents have experienced fl ooding
issues across the low-lying waterfront
neighborhood.
“We have a lot of ponding issues
around here, because the streets
weren’t paved right in the fi rst place.
So, a lot of people have water pooling
up in front of their houses.”
While Douglas welcomed the effort
to restore the local infrastructure,
he said he’s worried about the
effect on the neighborhood of yearslong
heavy construction on the unusually
narrow Gerritsen streets.
“It’s going to be very intense
work,” he said. “The streets around
here are very narrow, which makes
construction burdensome. It’s going
to be cramped.”
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