City postpones big Bay Ridge water main project
The city is still coming to Bay Ridge to replace water mains but the project has been postponed until after Christmas, according to Community Board 10 officials.
The work had been scheduled to begin Dec. 11, but Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann sent out an email late last week to inform the public that the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) had agreed with a request made by Councilmember Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst) to postpone the potentially disruptive project until after the holidays.
“CB10 received notice from Councilmember Vincent Gentile that he reached out to the Department of Design and Construction and was successful in instituting a ‘Holiday Embargo’ on the $5 million capital project for water main reconstruction in Community Board 10 that was scheduled to occur this month,” Beckmann wrote in her email.