the long sought greenway path around the united nations will be built and will connect to the new section around the queensboro bridge, but jeebus — $120M yikes.
$120M project to fill East River greenway gap near United Nations moving ahead
By Liam Quigley
Published Aug 23, 2024
New York City officials are finally moving ahead with a decade-old plan to fill a gap on the East River greenway near the United Nations as the latest step in a larger project to create a 32-mile cycling and pedestrian path along Manhattan’s waterfront.
The city Economic Development Commission on Thursday put out a call for contractors to oversee the construction of the esplanade, which will be built on pillars atop the waterway between East 41st and East 53rd streets. The addition will span less than a mile, and preliminary contract documents estimate it will open by the end of 2028 at a cost of $120 million.
Plans to build an esplanade near the UN date back to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.
more:
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-moves...united-nations
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