$1.5B project to fix aqueduct serving NYC begins

... underground aqueduct from leaking millions of gallons of water a day as it flows from the Catskills region to New York City are blasting 900 feet down through bedrock to build a bypass tunnel under the Hudson River. The vertical shaft in Newburgh is ...

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