With less than a day’s notice, RIOC says the long-awaited Tram Plaza clean-up will start today. Or is it a “Restoration” as the subject line reads? Other details are murky enough to give riders pause.
by David Stone
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
Tram Plaza “Restorarion…?”
Because restoration and Tram Plaza clean-up are different things, some puzzles remain. The RIOC Advisory seems to have been written by someone who’s never been around the Tram much.
Due to the tram plaza clean up on Wednesday, August 17th from 7AM to 3PM, tram passengers will be directed to use the entrance at the rear of the plaza to enter and exit the tram.
Both tram cabins will operate on a normal schedule.
Public Safety and flag persons will be on site for pedestrian and traffic control.
RIOC Advisories, August 16th, 3:41 p.m.
Sadly, there is no “entrance at the rear of the plaza,” indicating that the advisory writer is either in Albany or RIOC’s Dominican Republic branch office.
But in a positive step, the state agency that never makes a mistake promises better safety awareness than the initial phase of construction. On the other hand, there is no explanation why a few days’ notice wasn’t possible. You always have to wonder who is steering the ship with RIOC.
Rumors suggest that, although the equipment will be moved, no clarity exists over returning the bus shelter or the RI sign. Fixing the torn-up Tram Plaza lawn is up for grabs.
The Way We Were…Way Back
Stack Work Advances While Answers Do Not
On June 17 and 18, HPD told the first meeting of the Roosevelt Island Steam Plant Demolition Community Advisory Group that smokestack demolition had no projected start date. Residents and the CAG would receive at least five business days’ advance notice once a date was set. Scaffolding around the stacks could not proceed until soil removal and backfill were complete and the area stabilized.
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