Closing Bell: Petition to Remove Salt Pile
Via McBrooklyn there’s news that residents have started a petition asking the city, American Stevedoring and the Port Authority to remove the salt pile that’s been on Kane and Columbia Streets since 2009. The pile of road salt next to the waterfront, the petition says, is often uncovered, and some of the salt becomes airborne….
Via McBrooklyn there’s news that residents have started a petition asking the city, American Stevedoring and the Port Authority to remove the salt pile that’s been on Kane and Columbia Streets since 2009. The pile of road salt next to the waterfront, the petition says, is often uncovered, and some of the salt becomes airborne. It also notes that the salt “can irritate the respiratory tract and causes hypertension,” and that it’s potentially toxic.
Remove the Salt Pile on Columbia St. [Petition] GMAP
Thankfully not you…
Isn’t the salt the reason why the snow isn’t dumped into the rivers or canals here. Because the salt on the street gets into the snow and now some “num-nut” says we can’t dump the snow in the rivers????
and then we have to melt the snow, can you even imagine???? the time to melt the snow, you can be dumping it into the rivers and it will be gone.
Like the Gowanus canal would really make a difference if there was more salt…you gotta be kidding me…
Who are these idioits that think this shit up???
brucef — Whenever I describe something bad about NYC, I’m usually greeted with a chorus of “If you don’t like it, you can leave!”
In this case, I would just suggest that you and your neighbors figure out your message and demand. That petition is pointless. It appears to be the typical NIMBY appeal. It needs to be specific and reasoned. Both with regard to what the problem is and what you demand as a solution… and obviously the latter should follow from the former. (That’s not the case in the petition!)
Tarpaulin technology hasn’t got to this stage yet. A few more $400K consultants and a research proposal will bring us closer.
The noise, which does continue throughout the night, is from several large earth moving bulldozers, that roar at great volume.
I lived across from an active pier for many years, and yes, there occasionally was noise. This is different, much louder.
I assumed that the vessel that brings the salt needs to unload and leave, which triggers the all night noise. The machines also have back-up alarms that clang every few seconds.
when the breeze comes from that direction, and the pile is uncovered (most of the winter, or when off loading a ship), the streets are covered with salt dust.
Thanks guys, for your snarky NIMBY remarks. Try it in your back yard for a while.
quote: It also notes that ‘the salt … potentially toxic.’
quote: And the trucks are keeping us up all night. This is a residential neighborhood.”
This is a block from the BQE trench, potentially toxic from the BQE, and has noisy trucks all the time. Just sayin’.
I used to live near an area in California where salt is dredged out of the bay. Huge piles of salt laying around all my life. I never heard anyone complain it is a hazard. Of course, that doesn’t mean it isn’t. Just never heard this before.
Maybe it’s a different kind of salt? Maybe they should try French Fleur de Sel. That stuff is delicious!
There are better apartments than the one I’m living in… what’s your point? You think the port is a free for all?
There are other piers further in Red Hook that are a better place for the salt.