Work Starting Soon on BBP's Squibb Park Bridge, Pier 5
Yesterday at a Brooklyn Bridge Park board of directors meeting there was news about the cost and construction time frame for the park’s Squibb Park Bridge and sports fields at Pier 5. A firm called Kelco Construction Inc. was awarded a $6.2 million contract to build the bridge, the Post reports, and a $19.2 million…
Yesterday at a Brooklyn Bridge Park board of directors meeting there was news about the cost and construction time frame for the park’s Squibb Park Bridge and sports fields at Pier 5. A firm called Kelco Construction Inc. was awarded a $6.2 million contract to build the bridge, the Post reports, and a $19.2 million contract to construct three turf fields and a playground on Pier 5. The 396-foot-long pedestrian bridge will connect Brooklyn Heights to Pier 1, the section of the park where a hotel and condo will be built. Construction on both the bridge and Pier 1 is supposed to start next month and be finished by next fall.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Officials Dish Out $25M in Contracts [NY Post]
Report from Brooklyn Bridge Park Board Meeting [BHB]
I think the footbridge is kind of dumb myself. It doesn’t really create much of a shortcut and it will probably disrupt a perfectly good children’s playground.
Most people seem thrilled by it though, so I defer to the conventional wisdom. In my humble opinion the six million should be redirected to…for instance…building the damn park?
hope they place a mattress at that sharp turn to catch the skateboarders.
you mean the waterfront?