Source: New York Post
Taxpayers are on tap to pay a cool $375,000 — just to install two water fountains in Manhattan’s Riverside Park. The eye-watering cost of the project includes specialized excavation through tree root zones, installing new pipes and fencing for constructions of the two fountains, according to the city’s Parks Department. A broken fountain and an outdated one will both be replaced with the new fixtures, which will have dual stainless steel bowls to comply with disability laws, parks project manager Gordon Shum said at a Manhattan Community Board 7 meeting in October.
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