Showing posts with label NYC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NYC. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

what is the problem with paying for infrastructure??? UPDATE

Again, tunnel #3 in NYC is being delayed, although it remains a "high priority" to the De Blasio administration. This is shortsighted.  Right now, people pay a great deal more for their wifi than they do for water. Maybe if the priorities shifted, so would the markets. Apparently, all of the administrations of New York for the past 80 years have been gamblers, and so far so good, but not forever.

De Blasio Postpones Work on Crucial Water Tunnel

Why New York City’s Waterworks Works

The real reason the $336 million was pulled, Mr. de Blasio said, was that “we didn’t think that the estimate was accurate.” Now the $336 million has been replaced — with $357 million.'

De Blasio Adding Money for Water Tunnel in Brooklyn and Queens

City Of Water: Can an intricate and antiquated maze of tunnels continue to sustain New York?  By