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March 9, 2006
The Sewage Starts at Borough Hall, and then Flows South
The Brooklyn Downtown Star reporter Nik Kovac can't seem to figure out what Forest City Ratner plans to do with storm water runoff from its proposed Atlantic Yards project, but then again, no one else can either.
From a meeting at which plans to contain runoff were discussed:
"When was this announced?" asked the late-arriving Councilwoman Letitia James, when she was informed of this new non-development.
"I'm not sure exactly when," said Atkins at the time. "It might have been in the scoping document."
"It was definitely not in the scoping document," immediately interjected both Dr. Franco Montalto of Columbia University and Dr. Paul Mankiewiz of the Gaia Institute.
Attempting to follow up:
When the Star asked [Forest City Ratner spokesperson Lupe] Todd who actually made decisions about how to contain stormwater, she referred us to the ESDC. A spokesperson for the ESDC, meanwhile, passed the buck back, sort of. "I think it's probably up to the developer," advised our source, "but I don't know for sure."
That's just the confusion over storm water run off. Then there's the matter of whether or not there is enough capacity at the Red Hook sewage treatment facility to handle the increase in sewage for Atlantic Yards and other nearby development.
Posted by lumi at March 9, 2006 7:33 AM