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Efforts to expedite borough-based jail construction timelines
5:05:02
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Council Member Restler expresses concern about the delay in completing the jails, noting they are five years behind the local law requirement. He inquires about DDC's efforts to expedite the construction process.
- Restler points out that the timeline is five years off from the local law requiring Rikers Island closure by 2027
- Margolis explains that design-build is being used to complete the projects as fast as possible
- DDC estimates that without design-build, each site would take at least another five years to design and construct
Lincoln Restler
5:05:02
'2 thousand and '30 '2, so five years off of local law?
5:05:06
Correct.
5:05:07
There local law requires closure of Records Island by 2027.
5:05:11
Are there efforts that DDC has considered to expedite the construction timelines and get these projects done more quickly?
Jeffrey Margolis
5:05:21
We've considered everything.
5:05:24
We do feel that design build is giving us the ability to do it as fast as possible.
5:05:29
If it was not design build we do estimate at least another five years for each site that it would take to actually design and construct
Lincoln Restler
5:05:35
these sites.