Blue State Blues: Why It Takes NYC Nearly 10 Years to Install 500 Feet of Pipes
27th June 2024
Construction crews have been working to install new water pipes and sewers along York Avenue between East 61st and 63rd streets on the Upper East Side for more than eight years.
The project, which stretches over two blocks, is relatively small for a public work in New York City and was originally scheduled to take a year to complete. But it’s now seven years past that deadline, and officials say it won’t be finished until June 2025.
That’s nearly a decade of construction to build about 500 feet of sewer and water lines.
City engineers and architects say the delays point to the inefficient management of municipal infrastructure projects.