Mystery Surrounds Metal Towers Popping Up In Tunnels & Bridges

September 27th, 2017

Nuke detectors is the obvious guess. But if not that, then what?

Via: CBS:

Mysterious metal towers are popping up at local tunnels, and soon they’ll start appearing at bridges, too.

But even people on the MTA board in charge of the towers can’t say why they’re being used or what’s in them, CBS2’s Dave Carlin reports.

Jose Lugo said the tall metal towers quickly appeared up after the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel tolls booths came down.

“We don’t really know what’s the purpose of this,” he told Carlin.

It’s a $100 million MTA project shrouded in secrecy, with 18 of them for tunnels and bridges. So what are they exactly?

The MTA’s man in charge of the bridges and tunnels, Cedrick Fulton, dodged Carlin’s questions Wednesday.

“I said no comment,” he said.

2 Responses to “Mystery Surrounds Metal Towers Popping Up In Tunnels & Bridges”

  1. FRLVX says:

    Not sure if it was the same person, but on the local ‘news’ on the teevee someone said ‘I will not jeopardize my security clearance by making any comment’. So there’s that…

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