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Mar 15, 2023 · Mayor Adams, EPA Break Ground on $1.6 Billion Project ...
Jun 5, 2023 · $1.6B project to build sewage tanks beneath Gowanus Canal begins BY REBECCA GREENBERG BROOKLYN PUBLISHED 9:45 PM ET MAR. 16, 2023. A long-awaited groundbreaking was held Wednesday, setting in motion a $1.6 billion project beneath the heavily polluted Gowanus Canal.
Jul 1, 2024 · NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has amended its administrative cleanup order for the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York on June 27, 2024, to address the middle segment of the canal – known as Remediation Target Area (RTA) 2. “Dredging and capping of the upper segment of ...
Sep 12, 2023 · September 12, 2023. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is progressing on construction of two underground storage tanks that will capture millions of gallons of combined sewage and rainwater that would otherwise overflow into the Gowanus Canal during rainstorms. This $1.6 billion investment complements the US ...
Apr 29, 2019 · The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group, which works with the EPA on the cleanup, issued the Department of City Planning a series of recommendations on ways to measure how the rezoning’s ...
- Caroline Spivack
Mar 15, 2023 · These two major infrastructure projects will make an estimated $1.6 billion investment in Brooklyn’s waterways and public spaces, significantly improve the health of the canal, and create 3.6 acres of new public waterfront open space and amenities for the Gowanus community. Read the full Mayoral Press Release.
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Mar 16, 2023 · The two tanks will collect sewer overflow during storms and prevent that overflow from entering the Gowanus Canal. The project will also include the creation of 3.6 acres of new public waterfront space. The Gowanus Canal was converted from a tidal creek to a 100-foot wide, 1.8 mile long canal for industrial uses in the 1860s.
