City creates expert panel to evaluate BQE reconstruction
A new BQE panel created by the city will examine options for the replacement of a 1.5-mile section of the decrepit highway that supports the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement just hours before a 7 p.m. town hall expected to draw hundreds in Brooklyn Heights.
De Blasio received a tsunami of criticism after backing a controversial proposal from the city’s Department of Transportation to run a temporary BQE bypass over the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for a minimum of six years during construction.
Residents of the Heights were livid over the plan, which would bring the noise and pollution of 153,000 vehicles a day up to street level.