"With a little over two months left in City Hall, Mayor Eric Adams is trying to push through plans for long-overdue repairs to a crumbling section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that local lawmakers said have been hidden from the public. In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy last week, Adams requested the feds move quickly on approving a rebuild of the highway's triple-cantilever, two roads stacked and bolted into the side of the hill beneath the Brooklyn Heights promenade."
"City engineers have for years warned the steel rebar inside the cantilever's concrete is corroded, putting the entirety of the more than 70-year-old structure at risk of failure. In the letter, Adams referenced a series of design proposals. A local councilmember said those proposals are news to him, and have been hidden from the public. Seven years ago, the city transportation department under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed erecting a temporary highway atop the promenade while closing the BQE down for repairs for six years."
With slightly over two months left in office, Mayor Eric Adams requested federal approval to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway's deteriorating triple-cantilever beneath the Brooklyn Heights promenade. City engineers warn that corroded steel rebar inside the cantilever's concrete threatens the more than 70-year-old structure with potential failure. Adams referenced design proposals and reportedly submitted multiple redesigns to the federal government. Local elected officials and Brooklyn Heights leaders say those redesigns were not publicly disclosed and fear the plans could be as disruptive as a previously proposed temporary highway atop the promenade, which had provoked community outrage.
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