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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jan 6 11:25:11 2009, in response to Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late?, posted by RonInBayside on Tue Jan 6 09:43:56 2009. It's not "zero difference" There is no room for a median right now. In order to make a median large enough to have bidirectional trains in it, you would need at least another 60-100 feet wideness to the right of way of the expressway. Since the average building lot in NYC is about 20-25 feet in attached home neighborhoods, that would mean at least 3-5 more houses taken down on every cross street, on each side of the street. So that would be an addition 6-10 buildings on EVERY cross street, give or take. I wouldn't call that "zero difference" and it most certainly is an issue, even if the highway was "wrecking people's homes with no recourse". An addition 3-10 on each block is quite a lot of homes more, and quite a lot more money too. |
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