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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2035839, member: 27"]
Where to start?

It isn't close to the lake.  The proposed tunnel would end at roughly the 600 block of Erie Blvd East.  According to Google, that is over 2 miles from Onondaga Lake.

Your concerns about water runoff would be relevant if we were talking about an elevated highway or a boulevard but we are talking about a tunnel.  There is no runoff in a tunnel by definition.

I don't know how deep the water table is where the tunnel is proposed but from what I have read, when the DEC evaluated this option, they looked at a tunnel that is considerably deeper than the one currently proposed (as well as a couple of other elaborate and enormously expensive options).

I don't have any problem with calling on the DEC to do their job and give each option a fair and impartial evaluation.

People trying to compare the water situation for the Big Dig tunnels to the proposed tunnel in Syracuse are off base.  This is a much different situation.  This tunnel would not be well below sea level, next to or even under the ocean.

Any engineers with real knowledge willing to weigh in with their opinions?
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