A $1.3 Billion Project That Would Save (NY) Drivers Six Minutes Max

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-28 11:57:02 | Updated at 2024-09-30 13:22:01 2 days ago

A $1.3 Billion Project That Would Save (NY) Drivers Six Minutes Max
nyfocus.com ^ | 9/24/24 | Sam Mellins

Posted on 09/28/2024 4:37:43 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU

As the state’s plans to get New Yorkers out of their cars stall, Governor Hochul is championing a highway expansion in the Hudson Valley. A planned highway expansion in the Catskill region championed by Governor Kathy Hochul would save drivers one to six minutes at a cost of at least $1.3 billion, according to a new study from the state Department of Transportation, or DOT.

The project is slated for New York’s Route 17, which stretches about 30 miles from the Woodbury Common shopping center past Legoland New York and serves tens of thousands of drivers each day. The state is considering one proposal that would expand the existing two-lane highway at three locations and another that would add a lane in each direction along about half of the 30-mile stretch. The proposals would reduce crashes on the road, according to the study, which also found that it’s possible to achieve that safety benefit without widening the highway.

A New York City subway on the left, and highway traffic on the right. Flush With Biden’s Infrastructure Cash, New York Is Choosing Highways Over Public Transit Sam Mellins Hochul heralded the project last week as an opportunity to “reimagine this vital roadway into a modern highway.” This support is in line with her pattern of prioritizing highway projects: Hochul’s administration has steered billions in federal money to highways rather than mass transit and dramatically boosted the amount of state cash devoted to highways. The state’s five-year transportation plan, which focuses heavily on roads, increased spending by over $9 billion compared to the previous plan.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: automobile; driver; green; waste

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1 posted on 09/28/2024 4:37:43 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU

To: AbolishCSEU

Hey! if 100K drivers transit that a year, and each of them is paid an average of $30 an hour that would save a total of $300K a day. At that rate, people are saved $1.3 Billion over 12 years.

It’s worth it!

Only kidding-I made all that up. But hey...don’t think THEY won’t/didn’t try that as a valid rationale to spend $1.3 billion dollars.

2 posted on 09/28/2024 4:49:23 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)

To: AbolishCSEU

Any money spent on roads (other than, say, ‘bridges to nowhere) is FAR BETTER SPENT than money spent on transit, so I’ll give her credit when she does get it right, such as this case.

3 posted on 09/28/2024 4:51:28 AM PDT by BobL

To: AbolishCSEU

i’st NY there are many beaks that need wetting

4 posted on 09/28/2024 4:53:19 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)

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