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May 12, 2005
DANGER IS SEEN OF CROWDING IN BROOKLYN
31 DOWNTOWN PROJECTS BY ’08
NY Sun
by Julie Satow
City planners and politicians have not planned for the traffic and pollution costs to residents and the local economy caused by the enormous redevelopment plans for Downtown Brooklyn and vicinity. Community Consulting's Brian Ketcham has just released a report warning of the need to improve infrastructure in Brooklyn.
Downtown Brooklyn’s infrastructure will be overwhelmed by more than 40 million square feet of development in the next 15 years, according to a new study by a transportation think tank, Community Consulting Services. The city and the state will need to spend as much as $4 billion to handle the “traffic damages” resulting from the borough’s projected 24,000 new residents and 74,000 new jobs, the report says.
Posted by lumi at May 12, 2005 8:30 AM