Development Boom to Stretch Infrastructure
According to transportation think tank Community Consulting Services, there is likely to be 40 million square feet of new development in Downtown Brooklyn over the next 15 years. The downside? The city and the state will need to spend as much as $4 billion to handle the “traffic damages” resulting from the borough’s projected 24,000…
According to transportation think tank Community Consulting Services, there is likely to be 40 million square feet of new development in Downtown Brooklyn over the next 15 years. The downside? The city and the state will need to spend as much as $4 billion to handle the “traffic damages” resulting from the borough’s projected 24,000 new residents and 74,000 new jobs, the report says.
Comment: Sounds like mostly commercial projects to us.
Danger of Crowding Seen in Brooklyn [NY Sun]
What about the G train? Everyone can take the G train to the commercial development in downtown brooklyn. Sounds like paradise.
The G Train is for Lovers
What about the projected 20,000-some odd residents that will come to Williamsburg’s northside and waterfront, where there is only ONE already over-crowded L train?