N.Y.C. Unveils Streetscape Plan in South Bronx

New York City and local development corporation officials recently unveiled details of the Hunts Point Vision Plan, which will improve access to the waterfront on the South Bronx Peninsula, provide recreational opportunities, improve transportation safety, and enhance bike and pedestrian paths.

Spearheaded by the city’s Economic Development Corporation and two local organizations, Sustainable South Bronx and the Point Community Development Corporation, the plan aims to promote a competitive business environment and a sustainable community on the Hunts Point peninsula in three phases over ten years.

Once completed, the plan will have added 1.5 acres of publicly accessible open space, 8.5 mi of new “green streets,” and almost 12 acres of waterfront space. The main features include construction of elements such as green street landscaping, new bike paths, and a waterfront park with a fishing pier and kayak launch.

The first four projects of the plan’s short-term phase, drafted by Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects of New York, will use outside design consultants. The projects will cost approximately $30 million with $24 million coming from the city’s capital program.

Construction on the first phase will begin this summer and is slated to finish in 2011.

NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION NEWS
February