I asked Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Director of Communications Bryant Daniels today:
Con Ed is all over Roosevelt Island from the Sportspark/Tram area
to the middle of Island.
Do you know what they are doing?
Mr Daniels replied:
Two separate operations: at Sportspark, theyre repairing some burnt out wiring that had briefly caused black smoke to emanate from the manhole cover several nights ago. The problem did not affect any buildings electric.
On the middle of the island, theyre performing some maintenance work on the feeders that go to the C&C buildings. They brought in emergency backup generators in case the work disrupts building servicethough there are no reported power outages so farand the buildings were notified ahead of time. PSD is also on site helping with traffic control.
This is a welcome improvement in relationship between RIOC and the Roosevelt Island media.