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April 10, 2012
From the latest Construction Alert: Forest City pays new attention to dust problem, but AY Watch shows that dirt pile is again left partly uncovered
Atlantic Yards Report
The latest two-week Atlantic Yards Construction Alert, dated 4/9/12 (and embedded below) and released yesterday by Empire State Development after preparation by Forest City Ratner, contains an implicit admission that not enough has been done to contain dust at the site.
The alert discloses a response to significant dust problems--documented by Atlantic Yards Watch--on Block 1129, the southeast block used for construction staging and destined for interim surface parking.
"A full time laborer has been hired to manage dust suppression on Block 1129," the alert states, though it's unclear whether the laborer's full-time job is to manage dust suppression.
Nor is it clear what impact that worker has had. There's clearly much more to be done, since, as documented yesterday by Atlantic Yards Watch, the pile of dirt on Block 1129, which was long uncovered but belatedly covered, was again left partly uncovered, leading to dust blowing off the site.
Posted by eric at April 10, 2012 12:07 PM