New video shows water gushing into the Queens-Midtown Tunnel earlier in the week after a hole was mistakenly drilled into it by a subcontractor, and now there…
New video shows water gushing into the Queens -Midtown Tunnel earlier in the week after a hole was mistakenly drilled into it by a subcontractor, and now there is a better sense of what led up to the incident that halted snarled commutes for hours.
City officials declined to speak with NBC New York on camera to delve into what went wrong. However, sources said to News 4 that the contractor, New Jersey-based drilling specialist Warren George, told investigators that their barge had drifted 50 feet from where they had initially planned to drill. That mishap led to several hours of traffic tie-ups between Manhattan and Queens, as the MTA temporarily closed the tunnel and sealed off the leak. A photo shows a portion of the temporary solution put in place.
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