Why are they Digging up Flatbush Avenue ??

If you take a walk along our repaved Flatbush Avenue , you may noticed some utility trucks and cuts in the street in the past few days at the corners of Sterling Place.

Now you may be asking…. why are they digging up the street right after Flatbush Avenue was just repaved? Well, the work is not from MTA or DOT but a combination of a contractor doing water repair for DEP and Con Edison. Also, there is utility work going on on Flatbush Avenue near Atlantic Avenue in association with the Atlantic Yards.
Once a roadway is paved it receives a “protective” status for a number of years, however that does not prevent utility cuts, just that the permit fees are more expensive and stipulations for how the road must be restored are stricter.

The BID’s representative from the Department of Transportation has explained to us that he will ensure that the contractors restore the pavement after they have completed with the work. They will be required to restore the pavement fully from the edge of their work to the curb or restore half of the roadway, rather than just patching over their cuts.