Goulden Avenue Construction outside Jerome Park Reservoir to Close Street for Two Months: DEP

Beginning this summer New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will make sizable water main connections under Goulden Avenue across from the Croton Filter Plant Shaft and Meter Chamber at Jerome Park Reservoir, near Bronx High School of Science.  The work is scheduled to begin in early July when regular student classes are in recess, so that noisier construction activities will be completed before schools resume their early September sessions. 

During July and August when a portion of Goulden Avenue between Sedgwick Avenue and 205 Street is closed to motorists, vehicles will detour to Paul Avenue via 205th Street..  205th Street will be open, and Goulden Avenue south of 205^th Street will be open. 

MTA-NYC Transit will detour the BX 10 bus off Goulden Avenue from July 3, 2011 until September 2, 2011. 

Beginning on September 2, DEP will open one northbound and one southbound lane on Goulden Avenue between 205th Street and Sedgwick Avenue.  Through traffic can then use Goulden Avenue for the remainder of this construction.

To develop the traffic plan, DEP worked closely with NYC Department of Transportation’s Borough Commissioner Constance Moran, with DOT’s experienced permitting staff, and with the Croton Facility Monitoring Committee to minimize impacts on the community.  

 

We must add that DEP originally had requested a closure of Goulden Avenue for five months to do this construction work. We maintain that Goulden Avenue needs to be closed only for a few days to install the pipe to the main, and that one northbound lane of Goulden Avenue can (and should) be open at all other times.