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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Department of Environmental Protection Projects and Initiatives

Project Title Description Start or Announcement Date

Third Water Tunnel - • Construction start of Manhattan branch of Announcement July Manhattan the Third Water Tunnel which run from upper 2001; Construction Start to lower Manhattan through the Borough in a November 2001 "J" loop and spur.

• The current projected cost of the project is $425 million.

• At the same time, an announcement can be made of a new program to create urban greenspaces at several of the shaft sites which will later become construction sites and, finally,

Third Water Tunnel - • As part of Stage 4 of the Third Water Tunnel, Advertising of the bid Queens we will start construction of the Queens valve can begin as soon as chamber, approximately half the size of the final arrangements are chamber in the Van Cortlandt Park. made to move DOT to a Butler building in • This stage will provide and additional source I d l e wi l d Park. for the Bronx and Queens and will also create Construction could an emergency alternative for a backfeed into probably begin Spring Manhattan. of 2001.

• The project is estimated at

Central Park - Lake • This project will improve the water quality of Announcement could be Improvement and Central and Van Cortlandt Park water made as soon as Creation of Gatehouse bodies and will take these systems off the agreement reached with Museum and potable water system. It conserves water and Parks and Conservancy. Education Center; reduces flow to City sewers.by reducing Construction on Lake Restoration at unwanted nutrient loads. In addition, DEP will gatehouses could begin Van Cortlandt Park renovate and restore its three Central Park sometime in 2002. reservoir gate houses in order to create a museum and education center. A walkway across the reservoir's dividing wall will be constructed. • The projected cost of DEP's share of this program is $35,000,000 in capital dollars. Parks andlor the Central Park Conservancy have a share of $14,900,000.

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