The two other busiest work zones in Manhattan are: And at the corner of 65th and Third, construction of a new apartment complex is under way. More Con Ed utility work is being done a block away on East 65th Street. “I can’t wait to get my street back,” said Charles Mansoor, who lives on East 64th Street between Lexington and Third avenues, where Con Edison is installing new electrical lines and nearly half the street is covered with metal plates and safety barricades. The most ravaged area of the city is the Upper East Side from 59th Street to 96th Street, between Fifth Avenue and the FDR Drive – where there were 1,066 active construction permits as of last Thursday. That’s 3,000 more than in 1997 and a16,000 increase over 1996 – a 23 percent jump in two years.Īnd DOT expects the number of permits for street work to zoom even higher this year.ĭOT Assistant Commissioner Bill Hirsch said a general increase in construction throughout the city is keeping utility companies and contractors busy installing gas, electric, cable, telephone, water and sewer lines. ![]() The lion’s share of the permits – 85,000 – were for digging up streets. The city Department of Transportation last year issued 128,700 construction-related permits to dig up streets, repair sidewalks, renovate buildings and erect canopies – an increase of 11,700, or 9 percent over 1997. ![]() The Big Apple’s economic boom has turned neighborhoods into construction minefields for pedestrians and motorists.Ī record number of city streets, sidewalks and buildings are being ripped up to make way for utility lines as well as new and rehabbed businesses and homes, records obtained by The Post show.
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