Situated at the entrances of New York City’s Queens Midtown and Brooklyn Battery tunnels are tall, metal towers stamped with the Empire State’s seal. What are they, you ask? That’s the million-dollar question that no one, not even city officials, really have a concrete answer to.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has an answer, but no one who’s used the New York subway system trusts what they say. To make things more sinister, the towers are rumored to be connected to Homeland Security and the MTA chairman was very evasive when questioned.
Little is known about the mysterious towers project except the price — $100 million. That alone is enough to cause concern because government officials looking to get re-elected are normally cutting costs, not spending on secret projects. It apparently has been known for some time that New York’s antiquated toll booths at tunnel and bridge entrances would be replaced by something more technologically up-to-date, but no one expected them to be metal monstrosities that defy the imagination of those who see them. Once Cuomo’s still-somewhat-mysterious project is completed there will be a total of 18 of these metal structures throughout the city.
What do YOU think these mysterious metal towers are?
