The NY Post reports today that Brooklyn Bridge Park is a "money pit" now "in danger" needing to scrap plans for waterfront activities:
NY Post: B'Klyn Row..: The state Department of Environmental Conservation says it has serious concerns over how the park's planners intend to calm East River waters along the piers of the 85-acre site for water sports and a fancy marina for yachts, motorboats and sailboats.
And with DEC unwilling to issue a permit for a plan it thinks could harm marine life, an Empire State Development Corp. subsidiary overseeing the park plan is once again being asked to make changes to a long-delayed project that's been in the works for more than two decades.
Previous delays and rising construction costs are already expected to put the project at nearly double its $150 million budget. Excluding a new redesign, city Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe estimates the price tag is "close to $300 million." [Full story]
BBPC President Mariana Koval tells the paper that she's confident that a deal will be worked out to allow for kayaking and all the other water sports the park plan promises.
This whole plan has had boondoggle written all over it, so this should come as no surpise now that the money’s dried up.
Why on earth do you ever quote Koval? She is the last person who wants a park. Didn’t you guys see that the new Chairman of the Conservancy is a real estate developer? Listen to the people, will ya? They want a park not a condo development. Shame on you!
@boroughgal: Why are you yelling at Homer? He’s just quoting a New York Post story. Jeez.