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New York East River Tunnel Leak Spill Gushes Spew Streams of Water Which Send Heavily Block of Traffic

Cory W. Morrel

SEP 10, 2024

New York Water Main Pipe Breaks Causes Flood from Leak after City Contractor Accident Drills to Hard

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, 8:38 PM reporting from Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, 6:42 PM- Manhattan New York- An underwater pipe busted, breaking after a city contractor was drilling conducting city-wide underwater investigative work for in the boroughs. The submerged tunnel passageway beneath New York City Queens East River spewed a flood Wednesday after a city construction employee was wrongfully drilled a result of a hole through it, sending gallons of water in forms of waves splashed into the dense used underground roadway as officials scatter to stop the gash and suspect cut off traffic.

The subsequent event was torn was surrounded, recorded 12:30 PM on the Manhattan side of the Queen-Midtown Tunnel, which transfers close to 100,000 drivers into and out of the core spirit of the city, in the boroughs throughout the city.

Cathy Sheridan, the president of MTA Bridges and Tunnels, said the commercial drilling company inadvertently bore a 2.5-inch (6.3-cm) hole through the tunnel’s cast iron coating shielding lining, allowing water to seep through the exhaust duct and into the tube.

“There are many redundancies in the tunnel but, you know, when someone drills through all those layers, it’s going to cause a leak,” Sheridan said at a press conference.

Videos footage shared a social media platform showed water plowing out of the tunnel’s overhead vents and splashing onto vehicles underneath. “Tell me why the tunnel is leaking?” one driver can be heard asking. “What’s going on here?”

No one was harmed from the leak and an investigation is ongoing, officials said.

“As I understand it, they drilled 100 feet (30.5 m) from the surface of the water — about 50 feet (15.25 m) through water, then another 50 feet through soil — then to the tunnel,” Sheridan said.

The identity of the city construction prospector, is Warren George, was conducting underground tunnel operations being handled investigative project assignments for the city for a new esplanade that will expire by the United Nations location.

Chief strategist infrastructure administrator Josh Krauss at the city's Economic Development Corporation addressed a correspond statement responded released to the New York Times.




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