City spray painted marks on sidewalk??
Hello all! The city came by a few weeks ago and spray painted various marks (mostly arrows) in various different colors on the sidewalk. Colors include green, white, blue, yellow, red and orange. Does anyone know what these marks are for or what the color-coding means? No one (including me) seems to have actually seen what agency the workers were from, and a search of 311 didn’t turn anything up.

mlight
in Sidewalks 11 years and 1 month ago
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mlight | 11 years and 1 month ago
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Well, here’s hopin’ it’s bioswale…that’d be awesome!

pigthree | 11 years and 1 month ago
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Bioswale is the winner.

shahnandersen
in Sidewalks 11 years and 1 month ago
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The City didn’t do it. The individual utilities did. See: http://newyork-811.com/about/

cate | 11 years and 1 month ago
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ConEd did this on our sidewalk a few months ago. Then they drilled a hole and filled it in all on the same day. Incidentally, our neighbor lost his electricity, heat and hot water for three days, and we had flickering lights for a month — probably to do with snow, salt and water getting into the lines. Working fine now though.

sjb | 11 years and 1 month ago
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These lines are indicators in case a decision is made to put in a bioswale

mlight | 11 years and 1 month ago
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Aha! That makes sense…thanks for the detailed info!

mozeeatupu | 11 years and 1 month ago
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They indicate utility lines, gas, electric, water, fiber, etc. Sidewalk might be getting dug up or someone is excavating nearby. Red electric power lines, cables, conduit, and lighting cables Orange telecommunication, alarm or signal lines, cables, or conduit Yellow natural gas, oil, steam, petroleum, or other gaseous or flammable material Green sewers and drain lines Blue drinking water Purple reclaimed water, irrigation, and slurry lines Pink temporary survey markings, unknown/unidentified facilities White proposed excavation limits or route