What's going on here? Demolition of the existing decommissioned Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station continues prior to the construction of a future, state of the art, containerized waste facility designed to process 4,290 tons per day (rising to 5,280 tons per day during emergency conditions) of municipal solid household garbage.
MAKESHIFT:
After 53 years of operations, Staten Island's Fresh Kills Landfill closed in 2001. It was then that NYC began using expensive, privately owned, land-based trucking companies to transport our garbage to new landfill sites farther and farther away. In the future, at least for the next 20 years, long haul trucks are out, barges and trains are back in.
The conversion of the Hamilton Avenue MTS is one of four proposed waste management facilities identified as part of NYC's Solid Waste Management Plan - NYC Department of Sanitation long term waste export program. All solid waste transfer and containerized activities will take place within the fully enclosed building. The new facility is designed for the transfer of solid waste from collection vehicles into sealed and leak proof containers for export by barge and rail. All solid waste transfer and containerization activities occur within a fully enclosed, negatively pressurized, air scrubbed, building. The facility is authorized to operate 24 hours a day, Monday through Saturday; closed Sunday, except for public emergency.
Prepare for Garbage Daze
The site is accessible from truck routes including the Gowanus Expressway, Prospect Expressway, Hamilton Avenue, Third Avenue, Fourth Avenue, 20th Street, and Prospect Avenue. The facility is designed to accommodate 36 low sulfur burning collection vehicles per hour. A maximum of 5 trucks are anticipated to have to queue on the entrance ramp at any given time. The ramp will be able to accommodate up to 10 trucks at a time.
In addition to the construction of a new facility building, the city proposes to dredge the adjacent waterway to allow for barge operations, bulkhead reconstruction, and to remove the existing over-water ramp and platform.
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| Local Truck Routes and Through Truck Routes with numbered exits surrounding Hamilton Avenue MTS facility. Take note Twentieth Street residents. |
Food for thought... Related Links:
Municipal Waste Management:Focusing on Replacing Trash Trucks with Sealed Rail Containers, Improving Air Quality and Reducing Truck Traffic on Hudson River Crossings.
Nathan Kensinger Photography: Gowanus: Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station
About Sunset Park Material Recycling.
Freshkills Park Blog
"Here Comes the Garbage Barge!" Red Nose Studio
2 comments:
Really very nice pics of demolition. Machines are really doing good job like Demolition Service
Great reporting !!!
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