Quote:
Originally Posted by BrownTown
And that's why that portion will never get built either.
|
There's no question it will get built. The costs are outrageous, but there's no constituency opposed to completion of the SAS. This is the very rare thing almost all New Yorkers agree is desperately needed.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrownTown
There is no sane reason we should pay twice as much just to keep the noise down.
|
There's plenty of "sane reason". Neighborhoods would fight the SAS if there were cut-and-cover. Cut-and-cover is horrifically disruptive, spews tremendous noise, pollution and chaos and you're talking about neighborhoods that are already denser and more congested than anywhere in the developed world outside Hong Kong. These neighborhoods are already plenty crazy on a "normal" weekday.
You would have to basically evacuate tens of thousands of people at a time, because many residential buildings in NYC have only one entrance and there are no alleys. You would also have to close hundreds of businesses at a time, many of whom would permanently shutter. You would be closing day cares, medical facilities, senior citizen facilities, UN consulates.
Again, not even an option worth considering.