I-81 Community Grid

Hansen Quality Printing has operated on Burnet Ave. and N. McBride in the shadow of I-690 for 40 years.

The owner of CNY Uniforms Plus says customers have had difficulty accessing his storefront on Lodi and Burnet.

NYS DOT leaders say they meet with contractors regularly to keep trucks on the proper routes and send water trucks and sweepers to keep the dust down.

Officials say everything is running right on schedule.

DOT officials call Contract Four a "preparatory contract" to accommodate new traffic patterns when the I-81 viaduct is removed and replaced with Business Loop 81. An open house is being held Thursday.

It's called Contract 3 by state DOT officials, and includes the "canyon" area north of I-690 to the Inner Harbor. The first two contracts are at the northern and southern interchanges with I-481.

The visit by Tom Perez comes less than two weeks after his boss, President Biden. Perez is Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

The city hosted two open houses this week to share the vision plan with residents and take some feedback.

Turnout was robust at a recent heavy equipment job fair hosted by the NYS DOT and Labor Department.

I-81 Project to close the ramp to I-481 North from I-81 South will last a couple of years until 2025.