Broome County Department of Public Works is giving motorists advance warning of a bridge replacement in the Town of Sanford that will mean detours for months.
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MASSENA Massena International Airport at Richards Field and Ogdensburg International Airport are both listed by the state as being eligible to apply for funding from a $250 million pool of state taxpayer money to modernize their operations.
According to a press release from the governor’s office, $250 million is available to transform and modernize airports in Upstate New York and foster regional economic development.
The fund includes $230 million through a new Upstate Airport Economic Development and Revitalization Competition for projects that promote and accelerate improvements at upstate commercial passenger service airports.
Another $20 million will be allocated through the state’s Aviation Capital Grant Program to support safety, infrastructure, and economic development projects at smaller airports.
Can this U S city heal racial wounds by busting up its freeway? reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Reuters) â For more than 50 years, Interstate 81 has cut through the heart of hard-luck Syracuse, New York, raining vehicle exhaust on its Southside neighborhood, where most residents are Black and poor.
Now, New York State wants to replace that elevated stretch of freeway with a street-level boulevard to knit the cityâs urban grid back together. Construction could begin as soon as next year.
The plan has stirred visions of renewal in a city where one in three residents lives in poverty. Some here say it could also make amends to Black residents who were displaced by Interstate 81âs construction decades ago and have been living in its shadow ever since.
It may look as though a New York State Department of Transportation crew confused Memorial Day with St. Patrick s Day and began painting a green line for the Utica parade, but there is actually good reason for the green striping now in place along Oriskany Boulevard/Route 5S through downtown.
That narrow new lane on the right side of the road is a bike lane, and is marked with the unique coloring to help it stand out.
The bike was apart of the design when crews began work to lay new road and a roundabout on that heavily traveled stretch of Route 5S flowing through the city.