Yes!
Apparently, a sewer line broke along here — ugh ... Steven shared these photos from earlier today... showing that the block is closed off to traffic while repairs continue ...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
The sewer-repair work on 11th Street
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Glad the local block association stopped that liquor license.
They put those planks up to keep the sides of the hole from collapsing, right?
They're filming for RoadRepair TV.
Thanks, Grieve, I knew we could count on you for some sleuthing. We live on this block and two weekends ago, sewage backed up into our building’s basement and the building next door, fully flooding the next door’s sub basement and taking out their boiler in the process. No word from the city on anything, and they canceled the 311 request. One problem is that street cleaning is once a week in theory, but once a month in practice. That street garbage and filth can end up in the storm drains and I assume further tax a very old, very burdened sewage system.
It looked cool when I passed in the early evening yesterday. I’m sure a lot of construction obsessed toddlers would love to watch the big trucks in action.
@8:50 there is a youtube channel called Cheddar which explains the sewage system for nyc. They have various video on different subjects. Good video and very educational channel.
The achilles heel in NY's drainage system is that stormwater merely drains into the sewer system. Hence the flooding / sewer backups that occur during the monsoon rainfalls. Throw in that the subway also pumps its water into the sewer system, too.
6th St closed today 1st and 2nd Ave due to broken pipe.
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