Fix the Ditch!

Some plans for the greening of the BQE were recently revealed. From the Brooklyn Paper:

"The cheapest plan, about $10 million, involves a massive tree-planting effort along the highway-created chasm — creating one of the greenest stretches in all of Brooklyn.

Another option calls for the construction of six, lightweight bicycle and pedestrian bridges over the ditch, costing between $20 million to $45 million.

And the most expensive plan calls for the construction of an iconic, $85 million, energy-generating “green canopy” along the length of the trench, from Atlantic Avenue to Hamilton Avenue."

Let's not hold our breath. If there is no money for Brooklyn Bridge Park without private development, where is the money for this?