The sudden increase in pits opening up in city streets is linked to the fate of the planet.
The borough's sidewalks are bursting in record time, and elected leaders say there is not much to do. increase. Because the problem is much bigger than New York.
"The problem now is that we don't know exactly what to do with more money to systematically reduce the likelihood of sinkholes," says New York City's The Chief Climate Officer and Environmental Protection Agency said at a city council meeting this Tuesday thatcement wasnot long ago(sinkholes) andCrain reports. saw a 38% increase in sinkhole sightings, bringing the total to 3,920. At the conference, Agarwala said climate change was to blame, among other factors, including infrastructure problems.
Nearly all pavement subsidence is the result of water leaks. 45% is from the city's water mains and sewers, and 23%, although officially "unknown," is generally the result of natural drainage, the Environmental Protection Agency told Crain's. Inconsistent sewage infrastructure across the borough, plus uncontrollable forces of nature, make it more or less impossible to predict where the next collapse will occur.
"We cannot pinpoint exactly which location is more vulnerable to cave-ins than another location," said the Department of Transportation's Assistant Director for Highway Inspection and Quality Assurance. He told the magazine Vincent Maniscalco. "We have seen brand new streets develop caverns and old streets completely absent."
“We are on the defensive,” said Robert Freudenberg, vice president of energy and environment at the Regional Planning Association. "I think what's happening is that the climate change crisis is hitting cities in ways we never thought possible."
