NYC’s most critical infrastructure builds now, and for the next 100 years

Abstract

The $30 billion rail Gateway Program, the multi-billion dollar Interborough Express transit project and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway redevelopment are three of the most critical New York City infrastructure projects in the next 10 years for economic growth, according to a recent report. The report follows an analysis by the American Society of Civil Engineers that in July called New York's infrastructure ‘mediocre’ The projects identified in the document could generate trillions of dollars in annual economic output and service millions of commuters and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. The NYBC said. The projects could generate billions of dollars. The New York-New Jersey Harbor, which is a high-risk area for flood and storm events associated with climate change.