Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, June 19 (UPI) -- A citizens' group in New York is less than enthused about low-tech plans to reduce flooding in a busy subway line with plastic and plywood. The issue came to a head June 2 when heavy rains flooded a tunnel that handles four train lines that run through the borough of Queens, the New York Post reported. Advertisement The Metropolitan Transit Authority announced plans to cover sidewalk gratings over the tunnel with plastic and sheets of plywood, but Queens Borough President Helen Marshall said she had safety concerns. "What if there is a fire on the tracks? Won't this just keep the smoke in?" she asked. However, MTA and fire department officials say enough redundancies had been built into the system for ventilation so that covering the grates wouldn't be a problem, the Post said. "I guess Queens gets only the latest and best technology," Marshall told the newspapers.
