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September 18, 2011
FCRC representative says late night jackhammering is mandated by DOT, and noise can't be muffled
Atlantic Yards Watch
FCRC Community Liaison Brigitte LaBonte has provided more information about nighttime work in roadways.
She details upcoming work on Flatbush Avenue at Dean Street that will take several weeks, and states the traffic mitigation work that is at least partially responsible for complaints about jackhammering will end before the NYC Marathon in early November. The installation of new water mains on Atlantic Avenue will continue until April 2012. Additional mitigation work such as the construction of sidewalks will continue until August 2012. Nighttime use of the staging area associated with infrastructure work in block 1129 will continue through that time.
Some follow up questions have been sent to LaBonte requesting further information about the flexibility of the contractor's timetable for the mitigation work at 4th Avenue and Atlantic, as well as about the possibility of shifting the location of the late night staging area within block 1129 given nighttime disruptions related to it will continue for nearly a year more.
Because LaBonte's information is specific to work occurring in roadways, it does not address extended hours work in the footprint. Over the weekend a new round of complaints were submitted to AYW from residents of Newswalk Condominium complex about demolition work in the railyard on Saturday.
Posted by steve at September 18, 2011 10:42 PM