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May 15, 2009
In Ombudsman's response, ESDC maintains dubious timetable, says Carlton Ave. Bridge might reopen for pedestrians
Atlantic Yards Report
Atlantic Yards Ombudsman Forrest Taylor has responded with the Empire State Development Corporation's (ESDC) answers to several questions raised at Taylor's February 11 public appearance in Brooklyn sponsored by the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods (CBN).
In one case, at least, the official ESDC answer--that construction would be completed during the ten-year timeframe set out in the General Project Plan (GPP)--contradicts ESDC CEO Marisa Lago's acknowledgment last month that the project would take decades.
So I think any further claim of a ten-year timetable should be backed up not merely by a construction schedule--which indicates technical possibility--but by a "probabilistic" date that indicates what might go wrong.
The ESDC, in its answers, does not offer much in the way of compromise, except for being willing to entertain the option of temporarily reopening the Carlton Avenue Bridge for pedestrians.
CBN shared the document with me. I've bolded the questions and put the answers in italic, all verbatim, then interpolated some of my own comments.
Click through to the article for the questions and (mostly) non-answers.
Posted by eric at May 15, 2009 10:20 AM