Over the past year, the New York State Department of Transportation’s Region 10 (Long Island) office has made some progress to address the dubious honor of having the region’s most dangerous roads for pedestrians. The SafeSeniors pilot program has slowly begun implementation and, after Tri-State uncovered that Region 10′s Local Safe Streets and Traffic [...]
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Representatives from the American Council of Engineering Companies testified before the State Senate earlier this month. On April 20th the State Senate’s Task Force on Government Efficiency released a 41-page report concluding that there was $210 million in wasteful spending at New York State Department of Transportation and $60 million in potential cost [...] Construction on a replacement for the Champlain Bridge was expected to start in April. But when TSTC visited the site, the lake was still being dredged for pieces of the old bridge on the New York Side, and the old bridge was still being dismantled on the Vermont side. Across New York, the [...] A new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group finds that New Jersey drivers suffer some of the worst roads in the nation, with the state’s major roadways ranked third worst according to the percentage of lane miles in poor or mediocre condition. One in three lane miles in New Jersey is rated [...] Last year, Gov. Paterson vetoed NYSDOT’s proposed five-year capital program, calling the $25.8 billion plan “unaffordable” given the state’s fiscal condition. In his budget, he proposed a two-year, $7 billion program instead. Last week, NYSDOT showed what that bare-bones plan would look like, releasing a new draft that cuts a promising smart growth program. [...] Torrential March storms can make it seem like the sky is falling down, but the Associated General Contractors want New Yorkers to know it’s really the bridges. Their new project NYBridgesAreFallingDown.com uses NYSDOT data to identify 163 bridges throughout the state that are “very dangerous,” in worse condition than the Lake Champlain Bridge was [...] Gov. Paterson has proposed $7 billion in NYSDOT capital funds for the next 2 years, far less than the agency says it needs. Few things are as symbolic of New York's deteriorating infrastructure as upstate's Champlain Bridge, which was demolished last year after it was declared unsafe and beyond repair. Governor Paterson’s budget, [...] For over a year, the NYSDOT has been allowing cars with at least two occupants to use what was a bus-only lane on the Staten Island Expressway in the westbound direction (the eastbound bus lane was opened to carpools in April). The agency is also proposing an extension of the bus/HOV-2 lanes, from their [...] The Deegan project area. As MTR reported on Tuesday, the New York State DOT has decided to rehabilitate a stretch of the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx instead of adding capacity. “The NYSDOT is committed to developing project plans in close consultation with local communities,” Acting Commissioner Stan Gee said in a [...] [Updated 11/24 - MTR has learned that NYSDOT has selected the "rehabilitation only" alternative, a victory for local residents and advocates. We'll have more on this shortly.] Tri-State has just received the “Draft Design Report” for NYSDOT’s plan to expand a section of the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, a plan that is [...] |
 
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