Sentences with phrase «authority said the project»

The authority's current capital plan is still awaiting the approval of state leaders, but officials at the authority said the project could be added to the plan in the future.

The authority said project managers held a series of public meetings in February to solicit feedback from landowners and the general public on the project design.

Not exact matches

The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority has disclosed that the majority of public submissions on the $ 450 million Iconic Scarborough development supported the project, but said all government agencies and utilities it consulted, with the sole exception of Tourism WA, opposed it.

The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority has rejected a $ 450 million proposal for two towers near Scarborough beach with the developer behind the project, 3 Oceans Property, saying the decision was a missed opportunity to show courage and vision.

«When the town asks regional authorities for funding for a project, it's told: you have Rusal, go work it out with them,» said Erik Chernyshev, a local Communist Party politician, former member of the region's upper house, who also worked as an engineer at the factory for 18 years.

Before reporting an incident of sexual harassment to a higher authority, Gillian Thomas, who is a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Women's Rights Project, says it's always best to speak with the person affected by the incident first.

«Congolese authorities have cancelled fully operational projects in the past in less troubling circumstances,» she said.

The DOT said it would evaluate at least five applications in which local authorities and companies will jointly propose plans for potential drone projects in certain municipalities.

The conflict: Americans and Canadians are battling it out over the Peace Bridge, which links Fort Erie, Ont., to Buffalo, N.Y. Americans on the binational authority overseeing the bridge are accusing Canadians of foot - dragging on a redevelopment project on the U.S. side, and Cuomo said the bridge is a «metaphor for dysfunction.»

«Cabinet considered that the project was incompatible with the Midland Redevelopment Authority's (MRA) plans for the Midland central redevelopment area,» she said.

BTCChina said its decision was based on a Sept. 4 directive from Chinese authorities that expressed concern over investment risks involved in cryptocurrencies and ordered a ban on so - called initial coin offerings, or ICOs — the practice of creating and selling digital currencies or tokens to investors to finance start - up projects.

Such serial cancellations «send a negative signal both to global manufacturers and Indian companies who are looking to diversify into lithium ion battery manufacturing,» Dash said, adding that «the Central Electricity Authority is considering regulation to make storage mandatory for large - scale solar projects ranging between 100 and 200 MW.»

Just over half (53 %) are of the view that the ultimate authority rests with the federal government, while just under half (47 %) say provincial governments should have the power to «veto» projects in their jurisdictions.

That said, the vast majority of British Columbians — including one - third who currently oppose the project — say a court ruling that its provincial government does not have the constitutional authority to block the project would be enough to give in and allow the pipeline to be twinned.

The same day that United's then - CEO, Jeff Smisek, unilaterally approved the 2012 reinstatement of the route, the Port Authority board approved the lease agreement related to the hangar project, the SEC said.

«[Project C.O.R.E.] has no value unless we learn how to balance physical development with human capital development,» says Danise Jones - Dorsey, a longtime Fells Point resident, former Baltimore Housing Authority official, and current member of the North East Housing Initiative land trust.

Authorities are also slowing down approval of new infrastructure projects in a bid to control rampant borrowing, officials say.

SEOUL (Reuters)- South Korea's Lotte Group said Chinese authorities have halted construction at a multi-billion dollar real estate project after a fire inspection, amid worries in Seoul that Beijing is retaliating against the country's plans to host a U.S. missile defense system.

Against a background of these events and actions, in which more than fifty congregations are now involved and in which hundreds of people have gained experience in dealing with elected and appointed authorities, the story of the Nehemiah Project can he understood As Saul Alinsky said: «The relevant skill in modern urban life is that of knowing how to hold public officials accountable» — and that, as we shall see, is what EBC and the Nehemiah Project have been all about.

The Park District will receive a cash donation from the developer of that project through an existing ordinance, Scheltens said, but he said village authorities advised park officials to pass an ordinance to ensure future donations.

The district has about $ 4 million in bonding authority available for a pool project, park officials said.

We have yet to discover what the Major Projects Authority said in its report about HS2.

Addressing MPs yesterday, Mr Brown said the country needed to increase the number of new house building projects, but said Conservative local authorities first had to approve the plans.

Work is said to be 92 per cent complete and upon completion, the project will enable the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to handle larger dry and liquid bulk vessels / cargos to eliminate the double handling situation at the port.

The new fault line between New York and New Jersey came into view at the March 24 meeting of the Port Authority Board where Sources say Degnan threatened to hold up Cuomo's LaGuardia Airport project unless he got a commitment from the agency to build a new bus terminal.

«As we said previously, the project will be financed by [Empire State Development] and [the New York Power Authority] since it is an economic development and energy efficiency proposal,» said Cuomo spokesman Peter Ajemian on March 26, referring to two quasi-independent agencies that the governor effectively controls.

But Cuomo — who's facing a re-election challenge from «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon, a fellow Democrat — also used the address to step up his criticism of the city Housing Authority, saying its decrepit projects were helping to breed criminals.

But, Reynolds said, when leaders chose not to let the state handle project details, including awarding of a request for proposals, it gave the legislature the authority to review it.

The bill's sponsor, Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, said the measure would reinstate the power of the state comptroller to have oversight authority over the economic development projects.

«We need to show people that government works and we can still do big things,» said Cuomo, who had publicly pressured the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to complete the project by his revised deadline of Jan. 1.

Since the lights in question would adorn MTA bridges, any such arrangement with the power authority would typically require formal MTA approval, but DeMichele, the NYPA spokesman, in January said the agency had not signed any «contract or MOU» related to the bridge lights project.

«You should be able to travel, even if it's a little more burdensome, for free somehow from borough to borough,» said Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, who questioned whether any new toll revenue would even make it to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for specific infrastructure - related projects such as signal replacements.

«Tom's expertise in dealing with major transportation projects and infrastructure management will be an invaluable asset to the Thruway Authority,» Cuomo said in a statement.

The Port Authority has withdrawn the George Washington Bridge from the project, said Port Authority spokesman Ron Marsico.

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

The state will pay for the new projects and improvements on infrastructure by using existing state, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority and financial settlement funds from banks, Cuomo said.

Cuomo has also decried the lack of oversight of the SUNY Poly contracts for upstate development by the state comptroller, among others, and has said he's turning all of the contracts over to his own Empire State Development authority, which routinely approves economic development projects where more checks and balances are required.

Ms. Glen said the administration was working to incorporate construction unions into as many projects as possible, having recently signed off on deals to employ union labor on «hundreds of millions» of dollars in capital improvements at the New York City Housing Authority and «billions» in Hurricane Sandy recovery work.

«We are considering options,» Weinstein said, «but as it is a project to generate tourism and economic development, and uses technology for energy efficiency, it will be financed by [the New York Power Authority] and parts of the project could likely be funded by [Empire State Development].»

But the NPA said, «The Authority encourages consumers and the media to check on the price board of retail stations to determine the true prices of fuel on the market and not rely on the data from any group of persons who purport to project fuel prices which always turns out to be poor and inaccurate.

The Department of Environmental Conservation and the Thruway Authority announced its finding Wednesday, saying the Pilgrim Pipeline project has the potential for significant adverse impact on the environment and communities.

Cuomo says the plan maintains the Peace Bridge Authority and spells out specific projects for the U.S. side of the bridge.

Brad Austin, the ESD lawyer who presented to the project at the Jan. 28 meeting of the PACB, said the authority was re-evaluating how it uses the investment fund and promised more money for the ice rink project was forthcoming.

Since five communities in the Hudson Valley path of the Pilgrim Pipeline project have passed resolutions opposing it, further review by New York's Thruway Authority and Department of Environmental Conservation is a waste of resources, he said.

Private funding will cover more than half the cost of the project, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the area's major airports, paying for the rest, Cuomo said.

«We could be two years into working through a project... and at the last minute the Public Authorities Control Board, one member, could say, «I don't approve that project,»» Been said, referring to the proposed new approval process for using the housing bonds.

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.

He says after Tropical Storms Irene and Lee, the Power Authority came up with 26 recommendations to improve communications during storms as part of its Lessons Learned Project.

If approved by the Long Island Power Authority, the governor said the facility would be the largest offshore wind project in the nation's history, creating 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, or enough to power 1.25 million homes.

«For some reason I can't understand, the governor thinks the Thruway Authority can sponsor one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the country ($ 3.9 billion) and not impact price,» said McMahon.