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Re: Well, this is interesting... (Re: South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!!) |
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Posted by Michael549 on Fri Feb 8 05:11:09 2013, in response to Re: Well, this is interesting... (Re: South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!!), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Feb 8 03:20:44 2013. Continuing:During the 1990's there were major discussions about the building of a new Manhattan Ferry terminal, the buying of new ferry boats, and the renovation of the St. George ferry terminal, a baseball stadium, and other activities. In between there where homeless issues in the cramped Manhattan ferry terminal, design changes in the plans requiring a much longer wait for construction, etc. Along with the regular G.O.s, the destruction of the World Trade Towers, and the cut-off of the #1 to South Ferry, and the arrival of new ferries to replace older ferry boats, etc. There were huge periods of disruption due to the demolition of the old Manhattan terminal and the construction of the new Manhattan ferry terminal while handling ferry traffic, to build the new enclosure for the new entrance to the #1 train, to start construction of the park plaza, to start construction of the new #1 terminal station, to finish construction of the park plaza, the still not finished construction of the St. George ferry terminal - bus terminal, and associated baseball stadium and park. All the while the transit riders having to deal with various G.O.'s, bus, subway and train disruptions that happen as a matter of course. And now the destruction by Hurricane Sandy to the new South Ferry terminal and the damage to nearby subway tunnels, the continuing efforts to restore the lower Manhattan area, as well as efforts to cope with all of these problems. My point - just whenever things seem to be "stable" ... There's always a lot of having to "cope" with transportation problems. Mike |
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