Article: Quantum Term. Construction Halted

[Ambiverol]

From nj.com

 

Hundreds of memorial pavers that surround the Sept. 11 "teardrop" memorial on the Bayonne waterfront will be torn up as part of a $50 million makeover at the cruise port there, say a group of outraged residents who look after the memorial.

 

 

Frank Perrucci, chairman of the Sept. 11 Bayonne Remembers Committee, was stunned Friday when he found out about the construction plans.

 

"I was very upset when I was told," said Perrucci, whose group tends to the memorial. "We're talking 250 to 300 pavers."

 

The cruise port makeover includes a new Cape Liberty Cruise Port terminal building, a parking garage, an overflow paved parking area and berth improvements on land owned by Port Authority, according to a Port Authority resolution approved in July. The cruise port opened in 2004.

 

 

The new berth would be used to accommodate the $950 million cruise ship Quantum of the Seas, which would be based in Bayonne year-round beginning in November.

 

 

Perrucci and other committee members are upset that they were not warned about the project and what it entailed.

 

 

"We should have been told since the paver of someone may be removed and that person's loved one may decide to visit," said committee member Jerry Kelly, who organized the creation and installation of the pavers. "We have people to answer to."

 

 

Apparently the city was caught unaware of the start of the project as well. Bayonne spokesman Joseph Ryan said contractor "didn't get permission or authorization" and preliminary work was halted Friday.

 

Perrucci said he was told by workers at the site that the construction project would cut through a portion of Harborview Park -- where the "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism" memorial is located -- and would mean the "temporary" removal of about 300 pavers.

 

 

The memorial is not expected to be affected. Perrucci was told the pavers would be put back into place when the construction is complete in May.

The pavers are inscribed, some with the names of people who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and others with messages.

 

 

Officials from Flanagan Contracting Inc. and the Cape Liberty Cruise Port could not immediately be reached for comment on the project. Ryan said work will not start again until approved by the city.

 

 

According to the Port Authority resolution, the cruise port's 23.3-acre footprint at Port Jersey is being reduced to approximately 11.5 acres -- 8.9-acre cruise terminal and an approximately 2.6-acre parking garage structure.

 

 

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/01/construction_at_911_memorial_in_bayonne_suspended.html#incart_river_default

[DPurcell58]

Had not heard this, not good.

[Lloyd555]

Bayonne 9/11 memorial pavers to be temporarily moved for repairs: Port Authority

 

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/01/bayonne_911_memorial_pavers_to.html

 

What also caught my eye in the article:

 

... Coleman said that contrary to what most residents thought, the construction near the memorial is unrelated to the Cape Liberty Cruise Port’s $50 million expansion project slated to begin soon for the arrival of the Quantum cruise ship in November.

 

“This is an immediate repair project that needed to occur regardless of the expansion,” said Coleman. “The two improvements are mutually exclusive.”

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[Tough as Leather]

Bayonne 9/11 memorial pavers to be temporarily moved for repairs: Port Authority

 

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/01/bayonne_911_memorial_pavers_to.html

 

What also caught my eye in the article:

 

... Coleman said that contrary to what most residents thought, the construction near the memorial is unrelated to the Cape Liberty Cruise Port’s $50 million expansion project slated to begin soon for the arrival of the Quantum cruise ship in November.

 

“This is an immediate repair project that needed to occur regardless of the expansion,” said Coleman. “The two improvements are mutually exclusive.”

...

 

Aah! Interesting.

Nice to hear that the stones will be returned.

And the cruise terminal construction hasn't started yet. Hopefully soon.

Edited January 31, 2014 by Tough as Leather

[DEIx15x8]

Bayonne 9/11 memorial pavers to be temporarily moved for repairs: Port Authority

 

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/01/bayonne_911_memorial_pavers_to.html

 

What also caught my eye in the article:

 

... Coleman said that contrary to what most residents thought, the construction near the memorial is unrelated to the Cape Liberty Cruise Port’s $50 million expansion project slated to begin soon for the arrival of the Quantum cruise ship in November.

 

“This is an immediate repair project that needed to occur regardless of the expansion,” said Coleman. “The two improvements are mutually exclusive.”

...

 

Oops, somebody showed there true cards on this complaint filing.