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By DAVID CRUZ and when crews for both projects the Jerome Gun Hill Business trucks, reducing the already JONATHAN CUSTODIO each running on opposite ends Improvement District, getting limited number of spots. Bainbridge Avenue in Nor- of Bainbridge Avenue--will be around will pose some major The project is overseen wood faces dual projects at its on the road. Between parents issues for the community. by the New York City Depart- roads, which could spell traffic dropping off children at the Bainbridge Avenue and ment of Design & Construction headaches for the hundreds of neighborhood schools begin- East Gun Hill Road serves as (DDC). It began in 2016 as a way drivers that navigate the busy ning the first day of school on a major nexus of activity, with to upgrade pipes connecting to artery following the unofficial Sept. 5, employees or visitors buses, cars, and ambulances the Croton Water Filtration end of summer. of Montefiore Health System cutting through. Parking spots Plant, which reentered service The problems will likely come and North Central Bronx Hos- have also been occupied by in 2015. pg 22 during the morning rush, pital, and shopping activity at the operating crews and their (continued on page 23) 2 • August 30-September 12, 2018 • Norwood News OPINION Vol. 31, No. 17 Vol. 27, No. 10 NorwoodVol. News 27, No.is published 10 bi-weekly on Thursdays by “The Great Equalizer”: Jury Duty with Mayor Bill de Blasio MosholuNorwood Preservation News Corporationis published (MPC) Norwood3400 Reservoir News isOval published East bi-weekly on Thursdays by By DAVID CRUZ There was a pleasant tone through- selection process that is jury duty. bi-weeklyBronx, New on ThursdaysYork 10467 by MosholuPhone: Preservation 718 324 4998Corporation out de Blasio’s visit. 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