Above: The Gowanus Canal is infamous for its views of raw sewage. Is this what the future Lightstone Development inhabitants have to look forward to?
New York City has once again proven to the Greater Gowanus area that it is an unreliable and unwilling partner in the Gowanus Canal Toxic Clean-Up! LINK
This startling news does not bode well to the current and future inhabitants of this "up and coming area." The dreams for a "better" Gowanus may go down the sewer if the City of New York does not comply with the EPA.
From PMFA today:
"On Wednesday, May 28th, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued a Unilateral Order* to New York City for conducting the design work for the remedial actions described in EPA’s Record of Decision (ROD) for the Gowanus Canal, which was signed last year."
"Specifically, the Order compels New York City
to perform the design for siting and building the CSO retention tanks
and for the excavation and restoration of the 1st Street Basin, as
described in the ROD. The order also asks NYC to cooperate and
coordinate with the other responsible parties for the dredging and
capping portion of the ROD remedy." (edit)
"How sad that after decades of using the canal as an open sewer, New York City is still not stepping up to its responsibility towards the Gowanus community. It is ironic that the City is trying to delay building retention tanks, but is planning to rezone Gowanus to allow more residential housing in Gowanus, which will just mean more human waste in the canal. It is all rather foolish, no; shameful." See PMFA for complete coverage.
We at CG CORD agree!
This is where we are now in the present:
As we live and breathe right now many of you have heard the piles drivings at the Lightstone Development. Those are going to be 700 units of luxury and affordable housing.If the city continues on its stance that the retention tanks are too expensive let us remind you that this is what the new residents of the Lightstone Development have to look forward to when they look out their window:
The Infamous Poo Poo Tsunami http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2010/09/holly-crap-last-weeks-severe-storm.html
