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There has been no update from the State or the City on timeline for opening the bridge which is long past due. Work has not happened in a while either.
Small businesses on State Street are being effected by this and neighbors are not being kept informed.
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CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
Ferry St. Bridge Redux (Invité)
I went to the city engineers office and asked. The engineer said that he didn't know when the bridge would be finished, as the city is applying for some grants, i.e., they started this project without enough money to finish it, with no insurance to cover unexpected developments, like the mystery oil tank or gas pipeline. The engineer, guessed that the bridge might be done sometime after 2012. Maybe 2020, 2050? Who knows?
I'm afraid we have another Ferry Street bridge situation - we're looking at 10+ years, before some intervention from Rosa DeLauro, to clean up the mess.
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
juli (Utilisateur inscrit)
it's ok!
they don't live on side streets where cars speed through them trying to get around a detour that annoys them!
they don't have to live with constantly aggressive and disrespectful drivers irritated at the presence of pedestrians on their way out of town!
it makes us stronger, right?
Ed Crowder (Utilisateur inscrit)
juli (Utilisateur inscrit)
ed,
i know, i meant to say that the side streets around it are now overburdened with the traffic trying to get out of town...
but here's an update:
"The State Street Bridge (which is in the process of being removed and remediated) is tentatively scheduled to begin reconstruction early next month. The rebuilding process will take approximately nine months. As you may have heard, they ran into some complications earlier this year when they unexpectedly had to remove some additional piping and conduct some environmental remediation. Look forward to State Street reopening sometime late next year!"
-from Justin Elicker, ward 10 Alderman
Community Neighbor (Invité)
abgoode (Utilisateur inscrit)
Roland Lemar (Invité)
The State Street Bridge was closed for replacement in October of 2010. The original completion date was scheduled in October of 2011.
During the construction of the west abutment, contaminated ground water was discovered upon beginning excavation. The volume of contaminated ground water is excessive and the ground water treatment facility onsite and the Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Agency are not able to handle that volume of contaminated water being generated.
The Department of Transportation together with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection conducted a field investigation and it appears that the dewatering operation drew contaminants from a nearby area beyond the construction activities. It was determined that to handle the contaminated ground water volume the ground water treatment facility required modifications. In addition, a different construction technique needs to be developed to minimize the infiltration.
The exact response i received from the dot last week about the status of the bridge is as follows;
"The city of New Haven and the Department of Transportation are developing a new design for the abutments and wingwalls to minimize the infiltration, this design will be completed soon and hopefully activities will restart in December. We will continue to work to address this unforeseen site condition in a timely manner in order to complete the new State Street Bridge as quickly as possible.
Roland Lemar (Invité)
LCI Citywide Helper (Membre officiel vérifié)
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
juli (Utilisateur inscrit)
FYI as i sat at the rice pot today, i counted 46 cars speeding towards the bridge that was out, only to turn around. i saw that many in the time it took to eat a few noodles. (half an hour)
better signage is needed.
Where's my bridge? (Invité)
Two New Haven Police cars, with their emergency lights on, heading West, and two New Haven Fire Department trucks, heading East, were both stuck on Willow St., because of the overflow of traffic, onto Willow St., from State St.
The State St. bridge closure is creating traffic havoc in East Rock, and is a public safety and health issue, due to the impediment of emergency vehicles and the increase in air pollution due to traffic jams on Willow St.
"The city of New Haven and the Department of Transportation are developing a new design for the abutments and wingwalls to minimize the infiltration, this design will be completed soon and hopefully activities will restart in December." So where is the plan? December has come and gone...
Can we outsource the city engineering department (City Plan Dept. too...) to India or China? - the bridge would be finished by now.
Rob Smuts (Utilisateur inscrit)
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Calatrava Not (Invité)
Justin Elicker (Utilisateur inscrit)
I'm assuming most people have seen the article in the New Haven Independent about the meeting (http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/a_bridge_too_far_from_complete/). Unfortunately the completion of the bridge is slated for the end of 2013.
Jessica Holmes and I met with CONNDOT's maintenance crews on site earlier this week to discuss ways to improve the area in the meantime. CONNDOT unfortunately did not agree to regularly clean and maintain the area, but they did agree to clean up some trash, sweep some of the sidewalks that are covered in debris, take care of some of the weeds, lock the gates that are abutting the highway and have been unlocked, and so on. If people give other specific requests, I can forward them on to CONNDOT as well.
Justin Elicker
Ward 10 Alderman
justin.elicker@gmail.com
Icy313 (Invité)
There is a rumor that the piers of the I-91 Interstate bridge that goes over this bridge have been undermined due to combination of poor design and inept construction oversight. So the first sign of progress will come when CTDOT advertises for the replacement of the I-91 bridge over State Street bridge, my guess 2020?
I actually think this project goes well with the rest of the failed little state of Connecticut and the ghetto New Haven and the rest of the garbage that's there.
HappyJoy (Invité)
why bother (Invité)
Neither the CT DOT or the City of New Haven gives two ***** about this project. I even doubt the "water pollution" issue, as with every high tide, the construction site is inundated with water, so there is absolutely no way that enough ground water could be pumped and treated to make a bit of difference, r.e. "environmental remediation".
Icy313's comment seems plausible. The tidaI surge, from hurricane Sandy, completely covered the construction site, even overflowing the tide gates, and with the old bridge abutments gone, I can easily imagine the piers, supporting the I91 bridge, being undermined, by the scouring surge of water.
In 50 years, due to sea level rise, this bridge will be submerged anyway, but as I asked the CT DOT engineer, what the design life of this phantom structure will be, he laughed and said that it would be there after we were gone, which also seems plausible, as it probably will take twenty years to complete ( then fall apart in five years).
Calatrava not (Invité)
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Alice in bridge land (Invité)
Any updates on what the latest story is?
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
Dept. of Tar (Invité)
Clos City of New Haven (Membre officiel vérifié)
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