Tuesday, January 24, 2012

BQE Rehab - Not Happening Anytime Soon

 As reported by Brownstoner:

The state sent out an announcement yesterday saying plans to rehabilitate the BQE are being abandoned because of lack of funds. According to the notice, estimated costs for the revamp ran from $280 million up to $2 billion. The state was looking to rehab the section of the expressway between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street, and the most expensive proposals involved building tunnels. The BQE, which opened in 1954, was designed to last 50 years. A separate proposal to rehab a stretch of the Gowanus Expressway was also abandoned.

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