The latest Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Construction Update (bottom), covering the two weeks beginning Monday, March 18, was circulated at 10:27 am Friday (lead time) by Empire State Development (ESD) after preparation by Greenland Forest City Partners. There's not much new from the previous update, but there is a milestone: the start of a new building.
The document indicates that excavation and foundation construction will be begin at the B15 site, previously known as 664 Pacific Street and now likely 662 Pacific Street, located east of Sixth Avenue between Pacific and Dean streets, opposite 38 Sixth and the Barclays Center. The previous update indicated that equipment and materials were being delivered. The building won't be finished until 2022.
Also, at the east end of the Vanderbilt Yard, near Atlantic Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue, "East Portal Structural Steel bolting and reinforced concrete deck installations will continue." This was in the previous update described just as "Structural Steel Erection" for the East Portal, which is a pathway from the railyard to the Atlantic Terminal.
"Typical Railyard mitigation practices"
The document notes that "East Portal construction acceleration will continue" during Saturday daytime hours. Though it was not marked as new information, the document did add some oblique description: "Work activities to follow typical Railyard mitigation practices."
That latter statement was also part of some other new information regarding the Drill Track Enclosure in the western end of the railyard, near the B4 site.: "Drill Track Enclosure will begin during this period during weekend (Saturday daytime) hours only. Work activities to follow typical Railyard mitigation practices."
It's unclear what "typical Railyard mitigation practices" are--presumably diminishing/buffering noise is part of it--or whether those practices are imposed by the Long Island Rail Road or by developer Greenland Forest City Partners.
As we know, the Memorandum of Environmental Commitments signed by the developer and Empire State Development, the state authority that oversees/shepherds Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park, does not necessarily address LIRR issues.
The document indicates that excavation and foundation construction will be begin at the B15 site, previously known as 664 Pacific Street and now likely 662 Pacific Street, located east of Sixth Avenue between Pacific and Dean streets, opposite 38 Sixth and the Barclays Center. The previous update indicated that equipment and materials were being delivered. The building won't be finished until 2022.
Also, at the east end of the Vanderbilt Yard, near Atlantic Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue, "East Portal Structural Steel bolting and reinforced concrete deck installations will continue." This was in the previous update described just as "Structural Steel Erection" for the East Portal, which is a pathway from the railyard to the Atlantic Terminal.
"Typical Railyard mitigation practices"
The document notes that "East Portal construction acceleration will continue" during Saturday daytime hours. Though it was not marked as new information, the document did add some oblique description: "Work activities to follow typical Railyard mitigation practices."
That latter statement was also part of some other new information regarding the Drill Track Enclosure in the western end of the railyard, near the B4 site.: "Drill Track Enclosure will begin during this period during weekend (Saturday daytime) hours only. Work activities to follow typical Railyard mitigation practices."
It's unclear what "typical Railyard mitigation practices" are--presumably diminishing/buffering noise is part of it--or whether those practices are imposed by the Long Island Rail Road or by developer Greenland Forest City Partners.
As we know, the Memorandum of Environmental Commitments signed by the developer and Empire State Development, the state authority that oversees/shepherds Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park, does not necessarily address LIRR issues.
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