Deal reached on Manhattan trash transfer plan
New York City and state lawmakers have agreed to revive a trash transfer station in a riverfront Manhattan park, a cornerstone of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to reinvent how his city handles its garbage.
The deal was announced Wednesday. It is sweetened by the promise of future improvements to Hudson River Park.
The facility is in Manhattan’s trendy meatpacking district. It will allow recyclables to be shipped for processing, rather than trucked.
City officials say the change will eliminate 30,000 miles’ worth of truck traffic per year and spare some Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn neighborhoods the infusion of fumes that comes with it.
State Assemblywoman Deborah Glick and some local groups have urged the city to put the transfer site instead on a midtown Manhattan pier near the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. AP-ES-06-25-08 1922EDT
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