BY JANIE ROSMAN The quaint village resolved to hold the Thruway Authority to its word about working together to minimize the new TZ Bridge project’s impact on residents. At the onset of their Tuesday village board meeting, trustees convened in executive session with special counsel Dennis E.A. Lynch to discuss the agency’s EDPL non-compliance and lack of […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday announced the beginning of formal construction of the New NY Bridge to replace the Tappan Zee with installation of the first permanent piles that will comprise the foundation of the new bridge. The bridge is scheduled to be completed in just under five years. “This week, we are putting […]
FROM THE NY THRUWAY Installation of the Rockland environmental monitors is scheduled to begin the week of May 20. These construction monitoring devices, which monitor vibration, noise, and air quality, will be in place for the duration of the New NY Bridge project. Work on the Westchester trestle continues this week and will include daytime pile […]
By Kathy Kahn Special to the Rockland Times Is it possible there will be even more rubber-necking on the Tappan Zee as the first phase of the new twin-span replacing the aging bridge is being built alongside it? In 2011, a three-year window was created by New York Works to allow for design/build groups to […]
Seven elected officials from Rockland County have been appointed the Mass Transit Task Force which is charged with studying ways to implement mass transit on a new TZ Bridge. The Rockland elected officials that are serving on the new panel are County Executive Scott Vanderhoef, Senator David Carlucci, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher […]