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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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Syracuse residents that watched the State of the City address heard Mayor Ben Walsh describe progress on several fronts all, as Walsh repeated, “despite…
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Governor Andrew Cuomo, in the last of four speeches outlining his 2021 plans, detailed billions of dollars in new and on-going infrastructure projects…
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One of the stakeholders at Thursday's I-81 Big Table meeting will be the Central and Northern New York Building and Construction Trades Council. President…
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Several major stakeholders in the $2 billion I-81 replacement project will gather virtually Thursday to explore ways to ensure city residents can benefit…
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There’s growing concern that the I-81 replacement will rupture the surrounding neighborhood, much like the highway did 60 years ago. The New York…