NYC Roads

[TheDon102]

Also this amny article brings up a pretty interesting point - https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/nysdot-suspends-cross-bronx-expressway-repair-bridges/


"This is a win for the community because community voices were heard," Sanchez said. "It is a loss anytime that the government is not working with the community to address infrastructure challenges."

But he also worried about the aging bridges' safety, particularly after incidents last week in which large chunks of concrete broke off the Trans-Manhattan Expressway, damaging cars and sending one driver to the hospital.

In cases where repairs are considered an "emergency," the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) grants exemptions called "categorical exclusions," some of which do not require the same rigorous environmental studies and public transparency. It's a fear that Sanchez and fellow advocates have been hesitant to name.

" We are hoping is not a calculated decision on behalf of the state," Sanchez said.

[Rothman]

So, the whole thing with the BQE where there is no way to do a necessary rebuild that placates all NIMBYs so we're just going to not do the necessary rebuild until the roadway structure physically fails now applies to the Cross Bronx too:

https://bronx.news12.com/cross-bronx-expressway-bridge-project-suspended

The NIMBYs keep equating adding shoulders to a "widening" that would be the same as adding travel lanes.  They keep claiming it would "increase traffic" (by having the exact same lane count?) and "increase emissions" (if anything, by not blocking travel lanes for every crash or disabled vehicle, it would decrease emissions through less delay!).  It's as if they don't know that emissions are maximized in gridlocked traffic.

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Any chance that the DOT comes back and replaces the roadway with no shoulders? What does it mean when a project is suspended?

This is a vital corridor, you can't just remove it. I hope NYSCDOT recognizes that fact.

FTFY. ;D

The Cross-Bronx is NYSDOT, so NYCDOT's responsibilities are similar to a maintenance residency in the other regions.  Although it will be interesting to see if this ends up like the BQE; after NYSDOT faced similar opposition to a project, they gave it to the city to figure out.

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The Triple Cantilever's been in the City's court for a very long time.

Eh, I'll stop there.

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[vdeane]

The Triple Cantilever's been in the City's court for a very long time.

Eh, I'll stop there.

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IIRC around 20 years now.