The NYC Department of Transportation’s solutions — or lack thereof — concerning the BQE Triple Cantilevered Roadway and the BQE’s impact on communities has sparked general controversy and concern. Longtime community advocate and Cobble Hill resident Roy Sloane, who has been involved in the BQE project since 2010, offers insight on the next steps needed to resolve the ongoing issues and concerns. 

“It is now apparent that the muti-year NYC DOT public process has failed to deliver on addressing any of the profound issues affecting the communities along the BQE,” says Sloane in a guest editorial for the Brooklyn Eagle. “NYC DOT has failed not because of lack of community advocacy or consultation with renowned international engineering firms; it is failing due to lack of vision, lack of engineering staff depth and lack of a real commitment to address the larger issues they have promised to address.”