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October 11, 2011
Map shows after-hours work everywhere; Final EIS made understatement that nighttime work "may also occur once or twice a week;" resident says "regular sleep is impossible")
Atlantic Yards Report
Atlantic Yards Watch has produced an illuminating annotated map that shows how Construction in every location has been allowed by State and City agencies to extend beyond NYC's normal weekday construction hours.
What the FEIS said
According to Chapter 17, p. 11 Construction Impacts, of the Atlantic Yards Final Environmental Statement (FEIS), there was reason to expect some after-hours work:
Extended workdays are expected to occur about 40 percent of the weekdays over the course of construction.
...It is expected that weekend work may be required on one weekend day for approximately 50 percent of the weekends over the course of construction and, in exceptional circumstances, two weekend days would be required.Notably, that section does refer to "evening and night work" but does not predict the frequency.
Later, in the section on Construction Traffic Projections, p. 39, the documents offers some more specificity:
Construction Work Shifts and Activities
Since a certain amount of extended hours, nighttime work, and weekend construction would likely be required, construction activities associated with the typical day shift (7 AM to 3:30 PM) would generate slightly fewer worker and truck trips than those described above. In general, the extended shift, which may occur once or twice a week during critical construction phases and end at approximately 6 PM, would involve no more than 20 percent of the day shift workforce. Nighttime work (3:30 PM to 11 PM), which may also occur once or twice a week during critical construction phases, could require a separate workforce, totaling no more than 10 percent of the number of day shift workers, to perform specific construction activities at the project site.
...(Emphasis added)
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Posted by eric at October 11, 2011 10:58 AM