BQE panel offers first progress report
The panel appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to evaluate the controversial reconstruction of a 1.5-mile decrepit section of the BQE underpinning the Brooklyn Heights Promenade has issued its first report.
Panel Chairperson Carlo Scissura said in a release on Wednesday that the group has begun weekly meetings, and has done “some critical background work — becoming familiar with the various proposals on the table, site conditions, structural analysis and traffic data.”
“We’ve also toured the structure itself as well as the surrounding area. And we’ve been joined by representatives from a number of agencies that have shared information about their adjacent facilities that will have an impact on the project, including the MTA New York City Transit, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Parks Department and City Planning Department,” he said.