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January 9, 2012
Will Carlton Avenue Bridge reopen in time for arena? Maybe, as double-shift work continues. But evidence suggests it's delayed, and penalties are toothless.
Atlantic Yards Report
Evidence--including a delayed start and a search for funding--suggests that the reconstruction of the Carlton Avenue Bridge is behind.
And that's provoked an accelerated, double-shift pace (as announced in the 12/19/11 Construction Alert) to complete the work by the time the Atlantic Yards arena is deemed substantially complete by 8/30/12.
Maybe it'll get done, even as deadlines for the arena and site work have already been pushed near their limit.
But if it doesn't--a potential "surprise" that I predicted last week--the impact likely would hit the local community far more than it would damage developer Forest City Ratner, which faces no direct penalties.
The hazards
If the arena opens without the bridge, that would set up some hazardous, frenzied conditions in Prospect Heights, notably two-way traffic on narrow Sixth Avenue bordering the Barclays Center and a bottleneck on Carlton Avenue.
Sixth Avenue, which for years was a one-way street, was converted to two-way service when the Carlton Avenue Bridge was closed.
Sixth Avenue
is supposed to be converted back to one-way servicewill remain two-way, and the burden will be greater, obviously, if the Carlton Avenue Bridge doesn't reopen.The question is when that reopening will happen.
Photo: Tracy Collins
Posted by eric at January 9, 2012 11:11 AM