Sentences with phrase «said tunnel options»

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He said the conclusions, however, support the case for a tunnel option to be included in the state's draft environmental impact statement, which will compare the costs and benefits of each option.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco says a $ 2 million independent study made public Monday proves that a tunnel with a community street grid is a feasible option for replacing the elevated portion of Interstate 81 in Syracuse.

For example, he said, the tunnel option that keeps traffic moving in a route similar to the present configuration of I - 81 would ensure that restaurants, hotels and businesses in Salina will not be adversely impacted.

State Assemblyman Al Stirpe says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to include a tunnel in a study of options for replacing Interstate 81 in Syracuse will lead to a needless delay of a year or more.

But he said the $ 2 million study of the tunnel option released last month made it clear it was not a viable alternative.

DeFrancisco and the 10 other state lawmakers who signed the letter to Cuomo said it only makes sense to include the tunnel and boulevard - tunnel hybrid options in the state's final comparison of alternatives.

Matt Driscoll, the acting executive director of the state Thruway Authority, said Cuomo «wanted to acknowledge the request of the local delegation» when the governor decided last week that the tunnel option should be included among the alternatives for replacing the existing 1.4 - mile viaduct that carries I - 81 through Syracuse.

«This study reaffirms the previous work done by the New York State Department of Transportation and what many in our community have long suspected: a tunnel option would take nearly a decade to build and have an outsize price tag,» Miner said in a statement.

DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), said in an interview Wednesday he is still in favor of exploring the so - called «tunnel» option, which would cost an estimated $ 3.1 billion to carry the interstate under the city.

DeFrancisco, who is also the senate's deputy majority leader, said he's repeatedly asked the Department of Transportation to provide a detailed cost breakdown of the tunnel option.

Sen. John DeFrancisco is hoping state engineers reconsider an option for the reconstruction of the deteriorating Interstate 81 overpass, saying he thinks the extra money might be well worth a tunnel to siphon at least some of the traffic heading through the city.

During his state of the state speech Wednesday, Cuomo said he ordered DOT to hire an independent firm «to carefully study all possible replacement options, including a tunnel, community grid, depressed highway, combination community grid / tunnel or combination community grid / depressed highway.»

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, while laying out his 2018 legislative agenda during a speech in Albany, said transportation officials would include a tunnel option to replace I - 81 in a major project report.

«This study reaffirms the previous work done by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and what many in our community have long suspected: a tunnel option would take nearly a decade to build and have an outsize price tag,» Miner said on Monday.

But despite a two - year delay on a draft environmental impact statement detailing the I - 81 replacement options, Syracuse.com reported that Walsh said Cuomo was «moving the process forward» when the governor announced reconsideration of the tunnel option.

«In Syracuse, we will do a DEIS for Route 81 as a tunnel and / or a community grid so we can look at both options,» Cuomo said in his State of the State speech in Albany on Wednesday.

The new mayor has said the community grid is the «only option» to replace the highway, despite a call from Cuomo to consider the more expensive tunnel plan, which was originally shelved a few years ago.

DeFrancisco said Monday that the state should include the tunnel as one of the options in a draft environmental impact study that will compare each option based on cost, the impact on local businesses and the economy, traffic congestion and other factors.