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New Capital District Transportation Committee leader says that incoming federal funding...

Driving to the Empire State Plaza, other part of downtown and the city of...

Driving to the Empire State Plaza, other part of downtown and the city of...

Driving to the Empire State Plaza, other part of downtown and the city of...

3-mile stretch of bike trail getting a makeover New staff FacebookTwitterEmail Near sunset on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Hike Trail. (Gillian Scott / Special to the Times Union)Picasa More good news for bikers and walkers -- the state is starting work Monday on a $757,000 project to rehabilitate the pavement on a 2.8-mile segment of the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail. The work will be between Albanys northern city line and the 4th Street trailhead and parking lot in the city of Watervliet along the ...

At 50, Watervliets Hudson Shore Park on brink of renewal FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 A family enjoys an afternoon stroll at Hudson Shores Park in Watervliet on Sunday, May 2, 2021. (Gary Hahn / Times Union)Gary HahnShow MoreShow Less 2of14 A monument to the late Mayor James Cavanaugh at Hudson Shores Park in Watervliet on Sunday, May 2, 2021. (Gary Hahn / Times Union)Gary HahnShow MoreShow Less 3of14 4of14 The view toward Troy from Hudson Shores Park in Watervliet on Sunday, May 2, 2021. (Gary H...

Letter: Albany Skyway project misguided to the editor FacebookTwitterEmail FILE. Letter writer says, Urban revitalization in any form is favorable, but the Albany Skyway seems misguided or, at best, a small bandage on a larger problem created by the moat that is Interstate 787 between Albany and the Hudson River. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union Urban revitalization in any form is favorable, but the Albany Skyway seems misguided or, at best, a small bandage on a larger ...

Montgomery Wards colossal former home in Menands hits auction block FacebookTwitterEmail The massive Riverview Center in Menands, once home to the regions Montgomery Ward building, is being sold at auction next month after the Brooklyn-based owner couldn’t repay the balance of a $34 million mortgage. Looking north on Broadway shows the Riverview Center, the former Montgomery Wards department store Wednesday Oct. 4, 2017 in Menands, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEINShow MoreShow ...

TROY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced that major construction has been completed on a project that rehabilitated the Collar City Bridge and a stretch of State Route 7 from the City of Troy to the Town of Colonie, enhancing safety and easing travel along a vital corridor for the flow of commuters, visitors and commerce in the Capital Region. The Collar City Bridge, carries more than 56,000 vehicles daily between multiple counties. "Even as we fight this pandemic, New York is con...

Churchill: Mr. Biden, tear down this highway! Churchill: Mr. Biden, tear down this highway! With infrastructure projects seen as the path to economic recovery, the razing of Interstate 787 is increasingly realistic FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11Broadway with Delaware and Hudson building on the Albany riverfront during bridge or I-787 construction, updated 1970s, during construction of South Mall in Albany, N.Y.Times Union archiveShow MoreShow Less 7of11Buy PhotoSign for I-787 on Mond...