Bush Terminal Piers Park delayed opening irks residents
The hoped for fall, 2014 opening of Bush Terminal Piers Park has been pushed back at least a couple of months and likely won’t occur until the end of the year at the earliest – a wintry estimated timetable that some residents say is disappointing, but not a surprise.
“My feeling is that it’s awful that [elected officials and community leaders] represent us, but none of them thought to ask the state if the permit [requests] had been received,” said Tony Giordano, a board member of Sunset Park Restoration, a local community advocacy group that began sounding the alarm about the delayed opening as of October 1.
September had been announced as the earliest open date for the park during a July meeting between residents and representatives of the city Economic Development Corporation (EDC).