Q&A
East 25th Street Pedestrian Bridge: Design, timeline, and community impact
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Council Member Kevin Riley inquires about the East 25th Street Pedestrian Bridge, including its design timeline and opening date. Julieanne Herskowitz provides details on the project's progress and plans.
- ADA-accessible pedestrian bridge is a long-standing community priority
- Concept design process beginning with Dattner Ennead design team
- Bridge completion planned for 2030 as part of the project's first phase
- Efforts to expedite project delivery and minimize community interruption
- Design team brought on earlier this year, explaining why final design wasn't available before certification
Kevin Riley
1:00:45
Okay.
1:00:46
You proposed to demolish and rebuild the East 25th Street Pedestrian Bridge, which crosses over the FDR Drive and connects to Waterside Plaza.
1:00:55
When do you anticipate a final design for the bridge, and when would it be open to the public?
Julieanne Herskowitz
1:01:01
Thank you so much for that question.
1:01:02
So this is a long standing community priority to finally bring an ADA accessible pedestrian bridge to 25th Street, which is such an important lifeline for the Waterside Towers residents and the broader community to the waterfront and the east side of Manhattan.
1:01:18
As noted, we brought on the Dattner Ennead design team earlier this year and have been just in the beginning of the concept design process with them, working with Department of Transportation as well.
1:01:30
So to that end, we're hoping to advance the concept design this spring, but, you know, we anticipate and are planning to build this prod this pedestrian bridge as part of the first phase of the project.
1:01:43
That means it would be completed in 2030.
1:01:46
And we are working with, as noted, Skanska, our construction manager, to identify all opportunities to expedite that project delivery, and to minimize interruption for this community during that time.
Kevin Riley
1:01:59
Was there a reason why a design for the pedestrian bridge wasn't finalized prior to the certification?
Julieanne Herskowitz
1:02:07
It has to do with the time line.
1:02:08
So as noted, we we just brought on, the design team, earlier this year and are working through concept design with them.
1:02:17
So, yes, we we don't have the final design yet as part of that mapping application, but we'll continue to work with the borough topo office, our partners at the Manhattan borough president, council member of powers, the community, to keep everyone super engaged as we have been, as that design further refines and and finalizes.