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June 9, 2009
ATLANTIC YARDS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
According to Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner, via the Empire State Developerment Corporation, the company is mobilizing to start work again on the railyards.
Here are details from the Update for "Weeks beginning June 8, 2009 and June 15, 2009" (full text after the jump):
Long Island Rail Road/Vanderbilt Yard Work
- Remobilization of contractors
- General excavation in the Yard, starting on Block. 1120 -Work at the East Portal in preparation for concrete pour -Work in preparation for cap beams required for Trestle
- Work is anticipated to continue through the end of the year.
Environmental Remediation
- Rigs are on site, Block 1118, lot1 and Block 1119, lots 1, 64, in connection with soil borings that are being conducted.
Atlantic Yards Photo Pool, "Rigs are on site" ?
Neighborhood photog Tracy Collins went looking for the rigs, and found none.
The NY Observer, Gehry or Not, Here He Comes! Ratner To Get Shovels Moving Again for Atlantic Yards
Reporter Eliot Brown observes:
[P]er a construction update from the state agency overseeing the project, in the next two weeks, we’ll see a “remobilization of contractors” and “general excavation” in the rail yard.
Of course, this doesn’t mean the project is a go just yet. The biggest hurdles remaining for Mr. Ratner are the successful financing of his arena with tax-free bonds, along with a renegotiation of agreements with the city and state.
Atlantic Yards Report, AY Construction Update: Yard work through end of year (which means no arena start?)
Norman Oder focuses in on another detail from the Construction Update, and puts to bed one myth:
OK, Forest City Ratner sounds serious, but if they're working through the end of the year, arena groundbreaking wouldn't happen until 2010--as the ESDC has already acknowledged--wouldn't it be delayed until 2012 at best?
How exactly did pending lawsuits stop Forest City Ratner from continuing the work? They didn't, as noted in past coverage. But the developer did have some cash-flow problems.
ATLANTIC YARDS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Weeks beginning June 8, 2009 and June 15, 2009
In an effort to keep the Atlantic Yards Community aware of upcoming construction activities, ESD and Forest City Ratner provide the following outline of anticipated upcoming construction activities.
Please note: the scope and nature of activities are subject to change based upon field conditions. All work has been approved by appropriate City and State agencies where required. In addition to the activities described below noise attenuation and vibration monitoring measures are underway in connection with the Memorandum of Environmental Commitments dated 12/08/06.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact our project Ombudsperson at: 212-803-3233 or AtlanticYards@empire.state.ny.us
Posted by lumi at June 9, 2009 5:28 AM