From the Daily News:Residents are irked that the latest scaled-back master plan to transform Ridgewood Reservoir to a park arrived without any cash to actually pay for it.
Three new design options were unveiled last week — one including features such as boating, a rock climbing wall and natural turf fields on the 50-acre site but another mimicking community calls for passive features such as paths and viewing platforms.
But that victory rang hollow given the lack of funding. And some civic leaders were still troubled by proposals that would disturb the natural scene for playgrounds and boating.
In 2007, the city unveiled an ambitious $50 million plan that would have cleared 20 acres for ballfields. But that died for lack of cash, too.
Now the city is close to completing a smaller scale project to fix lighting and pathways around the reservoir and make it more handicapped accessible.
“It’s shameful and ironic that now they are finally representing plans that the community wants and they have no money,” said Geoffrey Croft of NYC Park Advocates. “How much has been spent on contracting out plans and designs?”
It's all about the contracts. Not the actual work.
3 comments:
I'm sure plenty of people made money on this debacle...
Next a developer.....since government has bankrupted itself in giving them your taxes it has no money.
So to get anything done its turning your community over to them as they are the only ones with money - your money.
Its like feudalsim. Welcome to the Middle Ages.
Why is everyone upset? We get what we vote for, and we always will, remember, new yorkers are the smartest and saviest people in the country
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