Re: [CPEO-BIF] Mayor's Gowanus Canal (Brooklyn, NY) plan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Sorry. Here's the link.

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=31254

Lenny Siegel wrote:
> $150 Million Price Tag Put on Gowanus Effort
> Mayor Announces Details Of Canal Cleanup Effort
>
> Brooklyn Daily Eagle
> October 12, 2009
>
>
> GOWANUS - A new $150 million project to substantially improve water 
> quality in the Gowanus Canal and reduce its odor impacts was officially 
> announced on Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
>
> One component is the rehabilitation of the existing flushing tunnel and 
> pump station, as reported by the Eagle last week.
>
> The project will also upgrade the canal's wastewater pumping station to 
> divert more "combined sewer overflows" away from the canal and into the 
> nearby Red Hook Sewage Treatment Plant. In addition, it will upgrade the 
> existing flushing tunnel to significantly increase the flow of 
> oxygen-rich water from the harbor into the canal. Both of these 
> developments were reported upon by the Eagle.
>
> The work also includes dredging sediment at the upper end of the canal, 
> which will hopefully eliminate odors that can arise at low tide.
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see


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