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The $2 billion project to replace the Interstate 81 span with a community grid in downtown Syracuse is the largest single project ever undertaken by New York State’s Department of Transportation.
Lanessa Chaplin, of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), told
Capital Tonight on Thursday that the replacement plan must be the result of community input, with a particular focus on the concerns of the people who live adjacent to the span.
Khalid Bey, a member of the Syracuse Common Council and
president pro-tem, as well as the Democratic nominee for Syracuse mayor, told
Capital Tonight that he and others will be sending in public comment to the DOT regarding where the bridge is slated to be disassembled.
Capital Tonight that after reviewing the DEIS, it appeared that the people of Syracuse who live in the shadow of I-81, like those who reside in the Pioneer Homes public housing complex, would have to be, at least temporarily, relocated when the bridge comes down.
But the New York DOT told
Capital Tonight that there are no plans to make residents move. Here is the statement DOT emailed: NYSDOT is not forcing residents of Pioneer Homes to move. There are no plans to temporarily displace people living in Pioneer Homes as part of the construction project. NYSDOT is working directly with Syracuse Housing Authority and the community to mitigate impacts as they relate to the project.
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DRYDEN, NY The Dryden Town Hall was packed for the first time in a while this past Wednesday for a Town Council meeting where members of the community gathered to share their thoughts on the proposed project to build a bridge across Route 13 to connect portions of the Dryden Rail Trail.
The pedestrian-bicycle bridge will be a 110-foot single span steel structure built on new concrete abutment with concrete wingwalls, featuring shallow foundations. Along the bridge will be a 10-foot wide stone dust trail running from Monkey Run Road to Hallwoods Road, which will be constructed on a former rail bed corridor not adjacent to the highway as well as carried over Route 13 via the bridge.