Letter reporting broken infrastructure spilling sewage onto railroad tracks and requesting city action to correct the issue.
NYC-WTC_000165727–000165728Folder label: “AMTRAK'S West Side Connection”
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
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JUL 211987 Amtrak NY,N¥C10-1253 ^7 FILE:
Mr. Magdi Farag, P.E. Chief Division of Sewer Regulation and Control t Bureau of Sewers Department of Environmental Control 40 Worth Street New York, NY 10013 jBt n W RE: Sewer and Water Lines at Amtrak’s OW! West Side Connection, Borough of Manhattan (Formerly Conrail's West 30th Street Branch) Dear Mr. Farag: Attached is a copy of my January 30, 1987 letter concerning broken sewers and water mains that are spilling water, sewage, and sediment onto the railroad. We received no response. We have taken preliminary cleanup action in order to clear the tracks of sediment to permit work train use. However unless the City takes action to correct the source problem, the situation will continue to deteriorate. The problems are at three locations: 1. At West 147th Street (between Riverside Drive and the railroad), your Mr. Kachi Nwosu identified the problem as a broken sewer main by inspection on October 24, 1986. Raw sanitary sewage is flowing onto the railroad from an abandon sewer line from Riverside Drive. 2. At West 144th Street, there is constant flow of clear water from the ground east of the railroad, apparently from a broken water main. Mr. Nwosu said he would have the water chemically tested to verify this. This also was in October of last year. The water is still flowing and washing silt onto the railroad. 3. Between West 139th and 140th Streets, storm drainage from Riverside Drive is washing silt onto the tracks in ever increasing amounts. This was also confirmed by Mr. Nwosu during our October 1986 inspection. Our design work on track and drainage rehabilitation is 75% complete (Attached are plans covering the entire length of the project). We are about to begin hauling track materials in by rail. We now have a low bidder prepared to start clearing the right-of-way.
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NYC-WTC_000165698
Engineering firm responds to Department of Environmental Protection comments regarding manhole maintenance jurisdiction and drop pipe design.
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Follow-up memo requesting resubmission of missing design calculations for project manholes.
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Internal memorandum acknowledging receipt of 90% submission drawings for the Westside Connection Project and referencing hydraulic computations.
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Letter from DEP Office of Legal Counsel enclosing an executed agreement regarding a sewer matter near 11th Avenue and West 33rd Street.
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Internal memorandum inquiring whether the Bureau accepts the proposed siphon concept shown in the 60% submission drawings for the Westside Connection Project.
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Letter enclosing a signed agreement between DEP and a contractor regarding sewer work in the vicinity of 11th Avenue.
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Inter-office memorandum inquiring if the proposed siphon concept in the 60% submission drawings is acceptable to the Bureau of Sewers.
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Inter-office memorandum requesting hydraulic review of the proposed siphon in the Westside Connection Project.
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Inter-office memorandum requesting review of hydraulic computations for the siphon and gravity sewer routing in the 60% submission.
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Engineering drawings and technical documents related to tunnel project between W. 33rd and W. 38th Street.
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NYC-WTC_000165670
Department of Environmental Protection responds to engineering firm regarding revised grading and connection drawings for the project.
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Letter from contractor submitting three copies of revised drawing D-6 for DEP review and approval.
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NYC-WTC_000165684
Follow-up memo requesting resubmission of missing design calculations for project manholes.
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Letter from DEP Office of Legal Counsel enclosing an executed agreement regarding a sewer matter near 11th Avenue and West 33rd Street.
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