MORE SECOND AVE. BLASTING

Second Avenue residents are in for five months of blasting relating to the subway construction project. The controlled blasting will excavate two shafts at East 69th and 72nd streets, beginning Feb. 8. The shafts will be used as access points for the 72nd Street station on the new subway line. The Fire Department approved permits for the blasting between East 69th and 73rd streets. The blasting is allowed to occur during approved construction hours between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. weekdays, but the MTA will try to limit work to daylight hours. There will be four to five blasts a day, each lasting a minute. All pedestrian and vehicle traffic will be stopped temporarily during the blasting.