A couple of weeks ago on Brownstoner we wondered out loud about the rather large-scale construction project happening on Fulton Street in Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill. In the meantime, a reader sent us a flyer from the New York City Department of Design and Construction that gives the straight poop on the dig. On November 13, the city embarked on an infrastructure project that is expected to last sometime into 2008. The purpose?

This highway reconstruction project includes: sewer, drainage and distribution water main work; construction of new curbs, sidewalks and roadway pavements including pedestrian ramps and bus stops, traffic signals and street lighting facilities; provision for pavements markings, traffic and street signs and the planting of trees.

This month, in addition to continuing to remove the old trolley tracks (pictured above), the contractor is beginning sewer work on Waverly and Putnam and installing catch basins on Fulton at various locations. If you’ve got any questions or complaints, you can try calling Nadine Harris, the Community Construction Liaison, at 718-857-4894 or hwk973@verizon.net (the DDC doesn’t have its own email account?)
Answers On The Fulton Street Dig [Brownstoner]