East River Greenway Initiative | » Sutton Place http://eastrivergreenway.org Ride to Support the East River Greenway Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:57:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Barge (and Cranes) in the East River at 54th Street http://eastrivergreenway.org/2010/01/13/barge-and-cranes-in-the-east-river-at-54th-street/ http://eastrivergreenway.org/2010/01/13/barge-and-cranes-in-the-east-river-at-54th-street/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:56:55 +0000 admin http://eastrivergreenway.org/?p=58

A potentially troubling development today as I rode through Sutton Place via the Greenway detour:

The first thought that popped to mind was that the caissons were being prepared to be removed. This would seriously delay any expansion of the Greenway south.

Repeated calls to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have gone unanswered. The deadline to remove the caissons under the original DEC temporary permit was recently pushed back until March 1st of this year.

UPDATED 6:00pm 1/13/10: We just heard back from NYS DEC and aides from State Senator Liz Krueger’s office. The caissons are NOT being prepared to be removed. No one is sure what the barge and cranes are doing there (reassuring??). We’ll continue to monitor the situation and bring you updates as they happen.

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