Apr
18
Here’s everything you need to know about the ”Staten Island Siphon Project,” a major new infrastructure project to spur economic development in New York Harbor. Mayor Bloomberg and Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye this morning formally launched the $250 million construction project, which will dig a new water transmission main or “siphon” between Staten Island and Brooklyn—allowing for the removal of two existing tunnels at a shallower depth. This will then enable the dredging of the Anchorage Channel, a process critical for accommodating increased cargo volumes and larger vessels over the next decade. Over the next 10 months, a 110-ton tunnel boring machine measuring 300 feet long will begin drilling a distance of nearly two miles, 100 feet underground. NYCEDC is implementing and managing the project. Find out more info. View the full infographic.

Here’s everything you need to know about the ”Staten Island Siphon Project,” a major new infrastructure project to spur economic development in New York Harbor.

Mayor Bloomberg and Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye this morning formally launched the $250 million construction project, which will dig a new water transmission main or “siphon” between Staten Island and Brooklyn—allowing for the removal of two existing tunnels at a shallower depth. This will then enable the dredging of the Anchorage Channel, a process critical for accommodating increased cargo volumes and larger vessels over the next decade. Over the next 10 months, a 110-ton tunnel boring machine measuring 300 feet long will begin drilling a distance of nearly two miles, 100 feet underground. NYCEDC is implementing and managing the project. Find out more info.

View the full infographic.

11 Notes/ Hide

  1. damanplusi reblogged this from nycedc
  2. mralexho reblogged this from nycedc
  3. nycedc posted this

Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus