Sentences with phrase «tunnel options»

But after pressure from New York state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - 50th), Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) ordered the New York State Department of Transportation to have an independent consultant review all options — including the different tunnel options dismissed by the state — for replacing the major highway, according to Syracuse.com.

In 2016, the New York State Department of Transportation narrowed those options down to two from the 16 originally presented in 2014, eliminating several tunnel options from consideration.

During his State of the State stop in Syracuse Wednesday morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state will conduct a study to determine the feasibility of tunnel options to replace the I - 81 viaduct in Syracuse.

An independent study of the tunnel options to replace the Interstate - 81 viaduct in Syracuse was released Monday.

Along with other state representatives, he has urged the NYSDOT to consider a hybrid of both the grid and tunnel options.

Cuomo's decision effectively delays the I - 81 project for at least a year while the DOT hires an independent consultant to complete a study comparing the tunnel options to two others — a new elevated highway or a community grid — that could replace the existing 1.4 - mile viaduct.

But the state delayed the process in January 2017 to wait for the results of a $ 2 million study of the tunnel options commissioned by the DOT.

«Yes, they are seriously exploring the tunnel option.

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.

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.

The state Assembly and Senate members were not the only elected officials pressuring Cuomo to include the tunnel option in the state's study.

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

The letter to Cuomo was on the letterhead of state Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, R - DeWitt, who has consistently pushed for the tunnel option to be considered.

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.

For those reasons, Stirpe was the only member of Central New York's state legislative delegation to Albany who declined to sign a Dec. 28 letter to Cuomo that supported including the tunnel option for additional study.

Among local businesses who have touted the tunnel option are the owners of the Destiny USA shopping mall, and the owners of local hotels and restaurants in Syracuse and north of the city in Salina.

The department of transportation cited the cost two weeks ago when it announced that the tunnel option was not feasible.

«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, 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.

«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.»

On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo added the previously dismissed tunnel option to an environmental impact statement being prepared about the highway's replacement options.

One group is also still pushing for the tunnel option, which would involve a tunnel being built underneath the city for the 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.

Outgoing Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Monday urged state officials to not consider a contentious tunnel option for replacing the deteriorating stretch of Interstate 81 in the city.

«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.

The DOT had eliminated a tunnel replacement as an option, but on Wednesday, Cuomo indicated that the DOT will study the tunnel option, in addition to the other two.

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.

Out of those, consultants found that an «Orange» tunnel option would be feasible, but expensive.

Cuomo in 2017 announced that an independent consultant would review a tunnel option to replace the aging Interstate 81 viaduct.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday confirmed that a contentious tunnel option for the replacement of a raised portion of Interstate 81 in Syracuse will be considered in a draft environmental impact statement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's on Wednesday announced that transportation officials will include a contentious tunnel option in a draft environmental impact statement as part of the Interstate 81 replacement project.

But now the tunnel option is back on the table, following the public release Monday of the study ordered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January after intense lobbying from local businesses and elected officials.

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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.

The state Department of Transportation had previously ruled out the option because of the costs and the time needed to complete a tunnel project.

«I think the most important thing is that despite the statements that were made previously by the DOT, a tunnel is a feasible option,» DeFrancisco told syracuse.com.

A study to determine if a tunnel is a feasible option, made public last month, cost about $ 2 million.

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.

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.

In a previously undisclosed Dec. 28 letter, 11 Democrats and Republicans showed rare bipartisan agreement by requesting that Cuomo consider a tunnel or boulevard - tunnel hybrid, even though the option had been previously dismissed as too expensive and time consuming.

The study will compare the engineering, environmental, social, and economic impact of the tunnel to the other options - the community street grid or a new elevated highway to replace the existing viaduct.

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.

Under pressure from New York state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), Cuomo ordered all replacement options — including the tunnel proposal and others that were shelved in October — to be reviewed again by an independent consultant.