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2021-12-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Blasio Program: down 1000 trees on 46 acres for climate

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Posted by Lord Garth 2021-12-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Cui bono?

Posted by warthogswife 2021-12-27 12:15|| 2021-12-27 12:15|| Front Page Top

#2 one person who benefited was a NYC employee in charge of the program who got a cushy job in the Biden Admin

obviously a lot of contractors, a lot of trade unions, etc. will benefit

the people living behind the storm walls will benefit someday when the walls prevent flooding

eventually, the new part will be years and it will be a mess during construction and in the meantime the park will be unusable by the public

the existing park is somewhat archaic by modern standards and IMO it should be improved but the price tag seems more than an order of magnitude too high - Flood walls shouldn't cost more than $15M.

Terracing the park shouldn't cost more than $100k-$200k per acre. Putting modern benches and play areas would be another $50k per acre at the most.

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-12-27 13:28|| 2021-12-27 13:28|| Front Page Top

#3 the people living behind the storm walls will benefit someday when the walls prevent flooding

See Katrina.

Doesn't NYC already have enough dykes?

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-27 18:07|| 2021-12-27 18:07|| Front Page Top

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