Eyes on the Street: Signs of Greenway Progress on Flushing Avenue
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Construction on the two-way protected bikeway is underway, three years behind schedule.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DDC
Can DOT Build a Plaza By Grand Central Faster Than DDC?
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Two new public spaces connected to the rezoning of Midtown East will be built out by DOT, not the Department of Design and Construction.
Placard Abuse, Construction Dysfunction, and Hit-and-Runs May End Up in the Crosshairs of a Ritchie Torres Investigation
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Torres chairs the City Council's new investigative committee, and he's bristling with ideas to put it to good use.
8 Street Redesigns DDC Is Taking Forever to Build
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While the implementation of long-term street improvements is worth some inconvenience, under DDC the process consistently drags on longer than it should, in some cases increasing political opposition to beneficial changes.
Bronx Residents Don’t Want to Wait Four Years for DOT to Deliver a Safer Grand Concourse
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DOT plans to build raised bike lanes along the medians on the Grand Concourse, but construction between 175th Street and Fordham Road won't wrap up until 2022 at the earliest. That timetable doesn't sit well with the Bronx residents who came out to Bronx Community Board 5 last night to demand faster action.
It Took DDC Six Years to Build This Clinton Hill Plaza
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The project was one of the first public space improvements identified by NYC DOT's plaza program, then became a poster child for the dysfunctional capital construction process at the Department of Design and Construction.