The area they'll be working on is 17.5 acres, near the abandoned pier off the Flushing Bay Promenade.
Delardo says the sediment isn't expected to be toxic. That sediment removed will be processed and transported to a disposal site to be recycled for other uses. Multiple long-reach excavators on floating barges will dredge 91,000 cubic yards of sediment underwater. To combat the nuisance odors, the DEP began its $34 million dredging and wetland restoration project Wednesday to improve the health of the natural bay. "Sediments over time, either naturally occurring or whatever the case may be, will become anaerobic and you'll get kind of a hydrogen sulfate smell from it, and that’s what happening: the sediments have been sitting there a very long time and that’s been causing some odors in the area," she said. The odor is coming from the ground below the water, said Pam Elardo, Department of Environmental Protection Deputy of Commissioner for the Bureau of Waste Water Management. NY1's Van Tieu filed the following report.Ĭomplaints of a rotten egg smell coming off parts of Flushing Bay are a common occurrence.
Starting Wednesday, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection began $34 million dredging project to reduce odors and improve health of Flushing Bay.
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