We told you in today's edition of the Bronx News about the Movie in Seton Park, and how the road Independence Avenue was milled the first week of July weeks before the event and was awaiting repaving by the Department of Transportation. Well the event went on July 21st with the street still unpaved, and Independence Avenue as of August 2nd still has not completely been repaved. DOT also put up signs for the repaving with less than 24 hour notice, and then did not repave the area only to put up signs for the next day.
The stretch of Independence Avenue from West 232nd Street to West 239th Street was milled in two days, but the repaving has gone on one block at a time. The last two blocks we will say was held up due to Con Edison work under the street, but Con Ed was finished quickly. This stretch of Independence Avenue is an emergency route that ambulances, police, fire trucks, buses, and many trucks use as an alternate to the busy service road of the Henry Hudson Parkway that often gets backed up. You will see in the photos below how the paving is going, sections of the road left unpaved, and problems due to the way DOT has left the unpaved sections.
Left - The corner of Independence Avenue and West 239th (south side)
Right - Crater left in street by Dot after removing Con Ed patch.
Left - Area by a handicap access ramp is not completley smoothed down.
Right - Sewer cover sticks up several inches by unpaved section remaining.
Left - Shows seams in repaving
Right - Another photo of the sewer cover that sticks up past repaved area in front of 3777 Independence Avenue.
Left - BX 10 bus going down unpaved area of Independence Avenue.
Right - MTA Express bus enters Independence Avenue South at West 239th even though the street has not been completely repaved. Note that the street is closed even though no paving is going on.
UPDATE
On Friday August 3rd the DOT paving crew finished paving the last section of Independence Avenue, and other areas in the local community board that were scheduled to be milled and repaved.
We want to commend the mayor on the usual swiftness, and lack of information as is commonly found throughout the Bloomberg administration.
UPDATE
On Friday August 3rd the DOT paving crew finished paving the last section of Independence Avenue, and other areas in the local community board that were scheduled to be milled and repaved.
We want to commend the mayor on the usual swiftness, and lack of information as is commonly found throughout the Bloomberg administration.
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