[Update: the state has announced two more meetings for next week. The first, to be held at 6pm on Wednesday night, will be at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College (735 Anderson Hill Road). The second will be held at 6pm on Thursday night at Rockland Community College Cultural Arts Theatre (145 College Road in Ramapo). As with the morning meetings, attendees must RSVP.]

New York State has announced a series of meetings about the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, during which Cuomo administration representatives will respond to community concerns about the project. The first two will take place in Westchester and Rockland County next week (details below).

“It is essential that members of my administration go town by town and village by village to explain the details of the project and make sure all questions and concerns are addressed—and that’s exactly what we are going to do,” Governor Cuomo said in a press release.

Since the fast-tracking of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project in October of 2011, Hudson Valley residents, advocates, and elected officials have demanded answers about transit’s place in the project. The strong desire for transit was evident during a WNYC segment this week, when Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef spoke about the Tappan Zee project. County Executive Astorino, who has also emphasized the need for transit on Capital Tonight, has noted the wide range of forms that bus rapid transit might take.

The first meeting will take place at Berkley College, 99 Church Street, White Plains, New York at 8am. The second will be at Dominican College, 470 Western Hwy, Orangeburg, New York at 8:30am. Attendees must RSVP—more information is available here.