Sentences with phrase «zee bridge project»

The meeting on Tuesday was directed by a three - person panel consisting of special advisor to the Governor on the Tappan Zee Bridge Project Brian Conybeare, Secretary of Transportation for the Governor Karen Rae, and Robert Conway, senior vice president of the environmental planning and engineering consultant firm AKRF and the creator of the Final Environmental Impact Survey (FEIS).

Pete Seeger must have rolled over in his grave Monday when Governor Cuomo announced a half - billion dollars from a state clean water fund will be diverted to the $ 3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge project.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NYACK — Congresswoman Nita Lowey met with Salisbury Point residents on Saturday morning, October 20 to introduce herself and receive feedback on the community's continued efforts to make their voices heard on the new Tappan Zee Bridge project.

He continued to polish his resume as a master builder, with both the $ 4 billion Tappan Zee bridge project and the new Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan.

The Empire Center posted online: «Talk of even studying a new L.I. Sound crossing is especially questionable given the governor's failure to detail how he intends to pay for the one big mega-project he actually has under construction,» referring to the $ 3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge project, which is well underway but still has questions about how it will be paid for and how much the toll will be for Westchester residents.

Special Advisor to the Governor on the Tappan Zee Bridge Project Brian Conybeare and Civic Engineer Mark Roche provided an update on the status of a new Tappan Zee Bridge at a session in Sleepy Hollow Monday evening.

NYACK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Recreational boaters are bracing for the impact of summer work on the Tappan Zee Bridge project.

Thomas Madison, Executive Director of the Thruway Authority, said, «The completed DEIS represents the remarkable team effort that is quickly becoming a hallmark of the new Tappan Zee Bridge Project.

The NY Works Fund will further leverage $ 5 billion for the Tappan Zee Bridge project, leading to the creation of more than 23,000 additional jobs.

New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Joan McDonald and New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) Executive Director Thomas Madison today announced that NYSDOT and NYSTA have completed and released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Tappan Zee Bridge Project.

Also, our reporters convene at the roundtable to further discuss Gov. Cuomo's attorney general record editing and recent headlines including the proposed Tappan Zee bridge project and toll hike.

The Tappan Zee Bridge project at that time was stuck in place; because of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's focus, our concern in 2005 that additional traffic would utterly compromise the bridge's safety is abated.

The Tappan Zee Bridge project is an issue particularly close to Astorino's heart, since one end of the span is located in his county.

The spokesman for the Tappan Zee Bridge project is promising a «ton» of jobs during the construction of the new bridge.

Not exact matches

Those projects include the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, which replaces the Tappan Zee Bridge across New York's Hudson River; the $ 1.5 billion replacement of the Goethals Bridge and the $ 1.6 billion raising of the Bayonne Bridge, both of which connect New Jersey to New York City's Staten Island; and the new $ 555 million Kosciuszko Bridge between Brooklyn and Queens.

A scheduled vote today by the Public Authorities Control Board on a controversial plan to move $ 511 million in clean water funds to the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project is being closely watched by federal regulators and lawmakers across the state.

Cuomo has touted projects like the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge, built with federal assistance.

Last week, Obama traveled to Tarrytown and used the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project to call on Congress to increase infrastructure spending.

At 2 p.m., the Public Authorities Control Board meets, and will consider the $ 511 million loan from the Environmental Facilities Corp. to the Thruway Authority for Tappan Zee Bridge - related projects, Room 131, state Capitol, Albany.

Both are members of the little - known New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), a federally sanctioned agency that must vote unanimously for federally subsidized construction projects like the new Tappan Zee Bridge to go forward.

Concerned that his plan for a new Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson stay on the fast track, Gov. Cuomo is assigning his chief of staff to personally handle the mammoth $ 5 billion project, The Post has learned.

It can lead to major efficiency savings on big projects; for example, design - build has been credited with paring $ 1.7 billion off the cost of the governor's signature infrastructure initiative, the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

Fourteen deck panels salvaged from the old Tappan Zee Bridge are heading north for use in new projects.

Local 825 has worked on major regional construction projects such as the Tappan Zee Bridge and portions of the New York State Thruway.

He said the recently completed $ 4 billion replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge was a state Thruway Authority project.

The new Tappan Zee Bridge, which is set to partially open soon, is the seminal infrastructure project of Andrew Cuomo's tenure as governor.

With the state anxious to begin construction on a new Tappan Zee Bridge, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says his office will be keeping a close eye on the financing of the more than three billion dollar project.

This California firm is involved in the construction of a 1,177 unit residential project near the base of the newly named Governor Mario Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

The windfall was carved up in a variety of directions, including a $ 1.5 billion upstate economic development program as well as funding for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.

Cuomo has been reluctant to divulge details on how the tolls on the Tappan Zee Bridge will be affected after the multibillion dollar project to replace the over three mile long bridge is compBridge will be affected after the multibillion dollar project to replace the over three mile long bridge is compbridge is completed.

Tensions between the Obama and Cuomo administrations date back to June, 2014, when Enck put the brakes on Cuomo's plan to use $ 500 million from a revolving loan fund devoted to clean water projects for the construction of the new Tappan Zee bridge.

Young responded that continued uncertainty over the Tappan Zee bridge financing has raised concerns about a system - wide toll increase prior to 2020 to help fund that downstate bridge project.

ALBANY — A member of the board that will take up a controversial plan to move $ 511 million in clean water funds to the Tappan Zee bridge replacement project is asking that it be withdrawn.

ALBANY — The state Environmental Facilities Corporation is embroiled in a dispute with the federal government over whether the state agency can loan more than a half - billion dollars to the Tappan Zee Bridge construction project.

However, Cuomo, who is seeking re-election this year, has promoted the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project as a signature achievement.

The infrastructure plans, which include a new track on the Long Island Rail Road, a revamped Penn Station, road and bridge upgrades, and more, will be attached to the governor's previously announced projects led by a new Tappan Zee Bridge and LaGuardia Aibridge upgrades, and more, will be attached to the governor's previously announced projects led by a new Tappan Zee Bridge and LaGuardia AiBridge and LaGuardia Airport.

The Thruway Authority used the design - build procurement process for the New NY Bridge (Tappan Zee) project.

«Governor Cuomo has said this project will set the standard for positive community engagement,» said DeFalco, adding that the project is being modeled after the state's replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

One of the largest infrastructure projects in the history of the U.S. is well under way, the new Tappan Zee Bridge, and the public still has no idea how all of the building expenses will be met.

«If you add up the Tappan Zee Bridge, the LaGuardia (airport), Penn Station and all the other capital projects he had in that budget, and then you say we've got a record - breaking $ 22 billion for the state of New York for infrastructure, that isn't even (the value of) one of the projects that he mentioned for downstate,» said the Syracuse - area lawmaker, referring to some of the other big - ticket infrastructure items on Cuomo's agenda.

PIERMONT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- One of the world's largest floating cranes has arrived at the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project site.

Anderson noted in his presentation that President Barrack Obama has given the new Tappan Zee Bridge construction project his «highest priority».

In a blow to the Cuomo administration — and a big win for the environmental community — the EPA has rejected almost all of the controversial funding approved by the Environmental Facilities Corp. for projects related to building a new Tappan Zee Bridge, deeming them ineligble for funding from revolving loan fund intended to pay for clean water initiatives.

«We've had a very successful four years in government,» Cuomo said at the Tappan Zee Bridge construction project.

The Thruway Authority is also leading the effort on the state's behalf to build a replacement for the aging Tappan Zee Bridge, a multi-billion project whose final price tag is yet to be determined.

The Environmental Facilities Corp., which lends federal money for sewer plants and other clean - water projects, approved a $ 511 million loan to the Thruway Authority for 17 projects that are part of the building of a twin - span replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River.

Gov. Cuomo has tapped his chief of staff Larry Schwartz, who has longstanding ties to Westchester County, to personally run the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.

Asked if he would be willing to use the money to fund the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project, Cuomo wouldn't say.

«It was a particular privilege to be a part of the leadership team of the New NY Bridge project to replace the Tappan Zee and to serve alongside so many talented and committed public servants.»

His tenure included the Thruway Authority taking the lead on the Tappan Zee bridge replacement project, but also saw a continued strain on its finances as it is operating with a $ 35 million deficit.