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MOST NYC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE DELAYED AND OVER BUDGET, STATE COMPTROLLER
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The state comptroller is calling for improvements to New York City’s
infrastructure planning and development after his office found most projects
were delayed or over budget.

Initial project budgets and schedules were consistently blown for more than
5,100 projects studied, according to a new report by New York state Comptroller
Thomas DiNapoli’s office. But a key city agency said the analysis is flawed
because it counts routine maintenance projects being done "in house" as major
capital projects with specific start and end dates.

Nearly two-thirds of the projects examined were delayed more than three months
past their planned completion dates; just under half were “excessively delayed”
more than three years past those dates; and just over half exceeded their
initial budgets, to the tune of $54.5 billion in total cost overruns. Nearly
two-fifths of the projects were at least 20% over budget, the report found.

“Given limited resources and an escalating cost environment, the city should
monitor its capital spending in a more uniform and comprehensive manner so it
can review funding expectations, prioritize where additional work is needed, and
maximize the return on every capital dollar it spends,” DiNapoli said in a
statement on Friday.



Delays in New York City capital projects

New York state comptroller's office

The report cites three projects by the city Department of Transportation as
among the largest examined, including road maintenance and a partial
rehabilitation of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. “The total budget for these
items is now $3.5 billion, nearly four times the original amount,” the
comptroller’s office found, though it noted the BQE project was “not delayed and
currently remains near its budgeted level.”



The DOT disputed DiNapoli’s analysis, saying it wrongly classified ordinary
upkeep, like road resurfacing and pedestrian ramp work, as capital projects with
budgetary constraints.

“The underlying data used for this report is based on an outdated and overly
technical way of looking at these projects, and that is why some in-house,
regularly reoccurring maintenance and rehabilitation work is listed with regular
payments technically reflected as project budget increases,” spokesperson
Vincent Barone said in a statement.



Cost overruns in New York City capital projects

New York state comptroller's office

Mayor Eric Adams’ office said it was committed to improving the city’s
infrastructure delivery, including through better monitoring of expenses and
project milestones. It pledged to save tens of millions of dollars annually and
speed up projects by tracking them closely.

“If Albany gives us commonsense tools like expanding alternative delivery and
extending joint bidding, we’ll be able to further streamline the planning,
design, and construction process, delivering projects faster and saving
taxpayers money,” a City Hall spokesperson said in a statement.

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, whose office is also responsible for
monitoring the city’s infrastructure speeding, called for an “all-hands-on-deck
approach to reform capital project delivery — from how we assess the City’s
state of good repair … to legislative reforms in Albany that modernize how the
City designs and builds its infrastructure.” He urged the Adams administration
to more frequently update a capital projects dashboard launched last fall under
legislation he sponsored as a councilmember.




Top New York City capital projects and stated reasons for delays

New York state comptroller's office

DiNapoli’s report said the top reasons the city’s infrastructure project were
delayed or went over budget were changes in project scope, unforeseen
conditions, and budgetary constraints, such as lack of capital funding in the
city’s treasury when projects are developed and necessary funding adjustments in
the city’s capital plan.




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