Syracuse’s I-81 project gets $800M in NY budget, with latest plan coming this summer
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Syracuse, N.Y. New York’s $212 billion budget includes $800 million for the state’s plan to rebuild Interstate 81 and the heart of Central New York’s interstate system, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The allocation marks the largest spending to date and the first down payment on construction on the estimated $2 billion project. Cuomo says the state will break ground next year.
“For years we have been working on a solution to transform the obsolete and poorly designed I-81 viaduct in Syracuse into a modern transportation corridor, and this year’s budget is making it a reality,” Cuomo said in a news release this morning. “We’ve listened to the community, addressed concerns related to the project and put our best plan forward - now it is time for action. We look forward to that historic day when the first shovel breaks ground on this important project.”
HELENA The Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comment to aid the development of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement to analyze the potential environmental impacts from a proposed tailings reprocessing project at the Golden Sunlight Mine. The Golden Sunlight Mine is located approximately five miles northeast of Whitehall, Mont. in Jefferson County. The project, an amendment to the current operating permit, would allow Golden Sunlight to excavate and reprocess tailings and extend the life of the mine by up to 12 years. Golden Sunlight would excavate tailings in Tailing Storage Facility 1 using conventional methods, move the material to a re-pulping plant, pump the slurried tailings to the flotation plant in the mill, and reprocess the tailings to extract a gold and sulfide concentrate. Approximately 26 million tons of tailings would be reprocessed and the remaining product would be disposed in an onsite pit. After excavation, the tailings facility footpri
The owner of an inactive gold mine east of Butte is proposing to excavate and reprocess mining waste in a project that would extend the mine’s life by up to 12 years. The state is accepting comments on the proposal.
Joe Biden’s executive memorandum doesn’t go far enough.
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Joe Biden speaks about his racial equity agenda.
President Joe Biden is looking to make good on a promise that every president since Bill Clinton has formally offered, in some shape or form: to uphold the sovereignty of tribal nations. If he actually follows through, it could change the face of land rights, conservation, and drilling battles across the nation.
The executive memorandum issued by the White House earlier this week announced that it would be a “priority” for the administration to ensure a thorough consultation process on future economic and extractive projects that intersect with Native communities and their lands and waterways. It’s a sensitive topic: American domestic production of natural gas, oil, and minerals has come at great cost to Indian Country. The objections of affected tribes have mostly been ignored. From Navajo Nation to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to Alaska