Between South and Water Streets, Wall Street has been transformed from a wide, underused two-way arterial to a one-way street beside a tree-lined park. The transformation began in early 2004, when the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (Parks Department) and Department of Transportation (DOT) collaborated to reconstruct the street and relocate underground utilities. An extension of the Wall Street Area Water Main Project this work was a necessary part of building the new park.
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Before 2004, the east end of Wall Street between South and Water Street was a two-way street that vehicles rarely used to full capacity. As part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s May 2003 $25 million parks-improvement program, the Parks Department and DOT decided to narrow the oversized roadway to create a long open space that would link the South Street Seaport and Wall Street ferry terminal to the New York Stock Exchange area. As part of the plan, DOT needed to relocate some underground utilities that were situated on the north side of the street beneath the future park, as well as redesign the street as a one-way artery with two lanes of parking.
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