Court Hears Case for Greenpoint Power Plant
A Brooklyn appellate court heard arguments yesterday from Transgas Energy Systems, a power company that has been trying to build a power plant along the Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront, near Kent Avenue and North 12th Street. The New York State Board on Electric Generation, Siting and the Environment has already dismissed their construction proposal, and the company…
A Brooklyn appellate court heard arguments yesterday from Transgas Energy Systems, a power company that has been trying to build a power plant along the Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront, near Kent Avenue and North 12th Street. The New York State Board on Electric Generation, Siting and the Environment has already dismissed their construction proposal, and the company is now seeking to overturn that decision. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Community Board 1, and the Greenpoint-Williamsburg Waterfront Task Force are all opposing the project. According to the Brooklyn Eagle, Markowitz’s press secretary said that the site in question, south of Bushwick Inlet Park, “is slated to become a much-needed waterfront park in Northern Brooklyn,” according to the Mayor’s PlanNYC. Transgas’ representative said that the plant, which would include a 325-foot smokestack and a 1.8 million gallon oil tank, would work to address community concerns about appearance on the waterfront.
Brooklyn Appellate Court Hears Argument for Billyburg Power Plant [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by Will Femia, taken near North 9th
yep, but there’s hundreds of acres of brownfield land all along the Newtown Creek and Maspeth Creek for example away from residential areas which isn’t being used by anyone for anything.
We do need power plants, dont we? I definately think there has to be some sort of balance, we cant have nice waterfront parks and boardwalks everywhere. Dont we also need electricity?
They haven’t got a hope in hell of building that there now even if they won the case. I cannot fathom why they are wasting the company’s cash on legal bills – their lawyer must have astounding salesmanship skills.