Clean-up Crews Beat the Clock. Now They Start Figuring the Bill
Heavy equipment operators and contractors working through the weekend beat the clock to re-open two of three northbound lanes of a parkway buried under an urban landslide in New York City late last week. They were able to reopen the northbound lanes seven hours ahead of their 5 a.m. Monday deadline.
The slide occurred when a massive, privately-owned stone retaining wall adjacent to the Henry Hudson Parkway, just north of the George Washington Bridge, failed spectacularly on the afternoon of May 12. No injuries were reported, although a number of parked cars were buried and nearby buildings evacuated as a precaution.