In response to heightened security concerns following recent attacks, New York City is set to invest $57 million to revamp West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The redesign will feature wider sidewalks, new steel security bollards, and improved bus lanes, alongside necessary upgrades to aging underground infrastructure. The project, expected to take four years and minimize business disruptions by working at night, is anticipated to conclude by summer 2030. Community advocates have long called for these improvements, underscoring the urgent need for increased pedestrian safety after past incidents.
Following last month's terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the New York State Department of Transportation is moving forward with plans to spend $57 million to redesign West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues to prevent potential terrorist attacks, increase pedestrian safety and replace critical infrastructure systems.
Officials will also replace the old underground water and sewer lines in major need of upgrades. In terms of timing, the outlet reports that the work will likely take four years and be carried forward at night "to reduce the impact on businesses."
We did not need New Orleans to know we need this, we had the horrible attack on Seventh Avenue. The project will make 42nd Street safer.
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