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EXCLUSIVE | Feds reject city’s $800M grant applications to redesign crumbling BQE cantilever

By Ben Brachfeld Posted on February 6, 2024

The Biden administration has rejected the city’s applications for $800 million in infrastructure grants to redesign and reconstruct the crumbling triple cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, amNewYork Metro has learned.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) rebuffed the city Department of Transportation’s (DOT) applications for grants under the Biden administration’s Infra and Mega programs last month, potentially imperiling the Adams administration’s hopes to redesign and rebuild the widely-maligned triple cantilever section of highway in Brooklyn Heights over the next few years.

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EXCLUSIVE | Feds reject city’s $800M grant applications to redesign crumbling BQE cantilever

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