I-81

The state Department of Transportation is out with its latest plan to replace the I-81 viaduct in Syracuse, and it reaffirms their commitment to a community grid. The draft environmental impact statement, or DEIS, includes some changes from the preliminary draft introduced a little over two years ago.

Elected officials and community members in Syracuse are pushing back hard against a so-called Skybridge proposal by some suburban leaders who claim the viaduct replacement would complement the community grid.

It was a week ago Tuesday when US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg stopped in Syracuse to confirm that I-81 viaduct replacement project is a federal priority, and that it’s committed to ensuring Syracuse residents are hired to work on it. The visit reassured community advocates like Deka Dancil, president of the Urban Jobs Task Force.

Elected officials in Syracuse’s northern suburbs are pushing back against the assertion that there’s county-wide consensus around the community grid replacement for the I-81 viaduct.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg stopped in Syracuse Tuesday to get a first-hand look at the aging I-81 viaduct and the plan to replace it with a community grid. The visit fulfills a promise made by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, who joined him.

One of the biggest barriers to achieving local hiring goals for the I-81 replacement project in Syracuse has come down, and advocates couldn’t be more…

Central New York business, government and transportation leaders are telling Congressman John Katko (R-Camillus) what they’d like to see in an…

Syracuse’s Mayor Ben Walsh and a local jobs advocate are lending their voices to a move to allow more local workers to take part in federally funded…

Governor Andrew Cuomo, in the last of four speeches outlining his 2021 plans, detailed billions of dollars in new and on-going infrastructure projects…

The New York Civil Liberties Union is trying to ensure that the state DOT takes racial, economic, and environmental justice into consideration during and…