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May 18, 2006
Revised Atlantic Yards Plan Less Bulky, Yet Still Huge
In the Architectural Record's account of last week's Frank Gehry press conference, reporter Sam Lubell included this alarming tidbit (emphasis added):
But Stuckey says his team has already met with many local groups. Public review of the project is now scheduled for the end of June, and completion of an environmental impact statement is set for the end of July, he says. He adds that the team has now procured 90 percent of the land it needs for the project, and hopes it will not have to resort to eminent domain to get the rest.
NoLandGrab: The statement is cryptic, but it's implications aren't.
According to Stuckey, either the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be released or the public hearing to comment on the Draft EIS is to occur at the end of June.
For the the "completion of an environmental impact statement" to be "set for the end of July," that implies that the Final EIS will be released or that the public review will occur at the end of July.
Either way, it looks like they are planning a 30-day period for interested parties, like local community groups and other stakeholders, to review and prepare commentary on a document that will be several-thousand pages long.
Posted by lumi at May 18, 2006 8:53 AM