Description
The State St. Bridge, over the Mill River, is now going on two years past its completion date. The city engineering department claimed that they would start working on a plan, in December 2011, to solve the water pollution issue, which has delayed the bridge reconstruction. Any progress on that plan?
Because State St. is closed, and Trumbull St. is now only one way, heading West, Willow St. has become a traffic nightmare and a public safety issue.
On Tuesday evening, because of the city's poor planning, the usual evening traffic jam, on Willow St. caused a major public safety issue, when two New Haven police cars, heading West (on Willow), and two New Haven Fire trucks, heading East (also on Willow), were stuck for at least five minutes, while car commuters totally blocked both lanes, preventing anyone from moving. Willow St. cannot handle thousands of cars per day. The noise pollution, air pollution, speeding, traffic jams and blocking emergency vehicles needs to stop.
The city needs to get its @ss in gear and fix the State St. Bridge.
10 Commentaires
Architect (Invité)
ugh (Invité)
One would think that, especially in an old industrial city, that a consulting engineer would drill some holes to look for contamination, before excavation? You can't even sell a house without inspecting for lead paint. How can you even engineer a bridge abutment without first finding out what the bridge is going to rest on?
Architect (Invité)
You read between my lines, ugh.
But does anyone know where information can be found that traces (at least the legalities) what is going on here? I don't remember seeing anything about this in THE REGISTER. Really, some peoples' heads should be rolling.
Rob Smuts (Utilisateur inscrit)
Architect (Invité)
chicxulub (Invité)
The tide surge, from TS Sandy, was flowing over the banks of the Mill RIver, yesterday morning. I didn't see anyone from the construction company around, as I was able to walk all around the site unmolested, except for the guy who stopped to ask me if I saw a "dead body" anywhere in the vicinity [no dead bodies did I see - man I love New Haven].
At approximately 12:30, The water was about an inch below the temporary pedestrian bridge, and flowing into the containment area, from which the polluted ground water is allegedly being pumped. Good luck with that!
The city must use the Mayan Long Count calendar to figure construction schedules...
What do you want to bet that everyone shows up early, for the photo op, when this minor bridge is re-opened?
bridge to nowhere (Invité)
pounding relief (Invité)
bridge to nowhere (Invité)
Clos Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Utilisateur inscrit)