NY 17 / I-86 Conversion Resurrected?

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I wouldn't be surprised if the remaining Region 8 projects involve removing more bunny hops (which was the reason for the reconstruction near Middletown).  That would certainly drive the cost up.

A lot of them are substandard ramps. Almost every exit from 108-131 inclusive is substandard (the recently-reconstructed Middletown ones being the major exception) and most of that is Region 8. 131 is being redone in the near future. Other than eastern Sullivan and the Hale Eddy bypass, little work remaining in Region 9, as the 55 section gets a terrain exemption.

Rothman's list included multiple projects on the mainline in addition to interchanges, including the entirety of the road east of I-84.  He also noted that the majority of the remaining costs were in Region 8, suggesting that those mainline projects are fairly involved.