NYC river water floods into Queens Midtown Tunnel — snarling traffic and terrifying drivers
Historic federal indictment against Mayor Adams claims he took $10M in illegal donations, free luxury travel, ritzy perksthrough the ceiling of the Queens -Midtown earlier this month by tasting the stream to see where it was coming from, officials said.
The unnamed crewmember became a seawater sommelier when the person detected notes of salty brine that indicated the water was flowing from the East River and not from a burst water main.A heavy leak sprang in the south tube on the Queens side of the Midtown Tunnel earlier this month, dousing cars below.
A city-funded private contractor had accidentally caused the damage while drilling through the cast-iron liner of the tunnel to find pylons for the planned East River greenway, officials previously said.The amount of water that poured into the tunnel is still a mystery, said MTA Bridges and Tunnels President Cathy Sheridan.Officials shut down the heavily used tunnel for several hours, causing intense traffic that stayed snarled well after the hole was patched and the roadways reopened.
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