Tag: Gowanus Cleanup

Gowanus residents say they have been left with more questions than answers on the Gowanus Canal's cleanup and the neighborhood's looming rezoning. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzesse

Gowanus residents demand rezoning wait until after canal cleanup

March 27 | Scott Enman

Gowanus residents allege that two city agencies tasked with overseeing the neighborhood...

EPA claims the city's design decisions and choice to acquire property through eminent domain has increased the cost of two retention tanks, while the city claims the EPA's initial estimate was extremely conservative. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Millions to billions: A price breakdown of the Gowanus Canal’s costly sewage tanks

March 25 | Scott Enman

The price of two sewage retention tanks built for the Gowanus Canal...

The Gowanus Canal. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Gowanus Canal Cleanup: Tanks or tunnel? It’s up to the EPA

February 28 | By Scott Enman

The Environmental Protection Agency is casting doubt on a competing plan put...

Pieces of Gowanus Station’s facade will be incorporated in sewage facility, EPA announces

February 22 | By Lore Croghan

Pieces of the Gowanus Station Building will be dismantled and reassembled at...

EPA began the last phase of its dredging and capping pilot project on Monday, the third and final study before the actual cleanup of the Gowanus Canal commences. Eagle photos by Paul Frangipane

Believe it or not, the Gowanus Canal cleanup won’t start until 2020

July 24 | By Scott Enman

It’s the final countdown. The Environmental Protection Agency began the last...

On Tuesday, roughly three dozen constituents gathered outside the Gowanus Station, a historic two-story building built in the early 20th century, to try and save the structure from demolition. The structure may need to be torn down as part of the Gowanus Canal’s Superfund cleanup to make room for a combined sewage overflow tank. Eagle photos by Andy Katz

Old vs. New: As Superfund cleanup proceeds, problems emerge in Gowanus

April 11 | By Scott Enman

Few residents will argue that the Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal...

Dozens of people gathered at a town hall on Thursday to hear about the progress of the Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup. Keynote speaker U.S. Rep Nydia Velázquez, Councilmember Brad Lander and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon all promised to continue fighting for the waterway. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

From skepticism to optimism: A new tone surrounding the Gowanus Canal cleanup

November 17 | By Scott Enman

When one thinks of the Gowanus Canal, images of pollution, trash and...

The Gowanus Canal’s cleanup fund is on the verge of running out and President Donald Trump’s administration is unlikely to help. The administration recently proposed a 31 percent cut to EPA’s budget, which would eliminate 3,200 EPA employees or 19 percent of the agency’s workforce, according to Reuters. Funding for the Superfund program would drop by $330 million to $762 million. Eagle file photos by Rob Abruzzese

EPA: Gowanus Canal cleanup fund nearly depleted, Trump won’t help

March 29 | By Scott Enman

The Gowanus Canal’s cleanup fund is on the verge of running...

Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens customers will be stuck with National Grid’s entire $715 million cost to clean up the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek (shown above) in a rate hike approved Thursday by the Public Service Commission. Eagle file photo by Cody Brooks

National Grid rate hike hits NYC customers with bill for Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek cleanup

December 16 | By Mary Frost

On Thursday the Public Service Commission approved a hefty rate hike for...