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Tappan Zee Costs $1.4 Billion More in Cuomo’s Loan App Than in Cuomo’s EIS
As part of an application for a $2 billion federal loan to help pay for a replacement Tappan Zee Bridge that would double the width of the current bridge, the Cuomo administration has put forward a new and much-higher estimate of the project's cost: $6 billion. That's $800 million higher than previous press reports had stated, and $1.4 billion more than the state put forward in its draft environmental impact statement. The loan application also suggests that the administration will use toll revenues to repay the feds, meaning potentially huge toll hikes for Tappan Zee drivers without providing any effective transit option as an alternative.
February 15, 2012
Build a Better Bridge: The Hudson Valley Wants Transit on the Tappan Zee
New York State is on the verge of undertaking one of the largest transportation projects in the nation: the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Over the course of 10 years and 280 public meetings, Hudson Valley residents, business owners, elected officials and environmental advocates built a consensus that transit was a vital component of the Tappan Zee Bridge project.
February 13, 2012
The Incredible Disappearing Stakeholder Meeting for Cuomo’s Tappan Zee
Time was, the public outreach for the new Tappan Zee Bridge included five different Stakeholders' Advisory Working Groups. Each let interested parties dig deeper into issues like the environmental impact of the bridge or how the new transit service might affect development.
February 8, 2012
Caption Contest: Tappan Zee Outreach Gone Fishin’
Until last fall, the state's planning for a new Tappan Zee Bridge was a model of public outreach. It included over 280 public meetings and one outreach center open full-time on each side of the bridge.
January 27, 2012
Cost of Tappan Zee Mega-Bridge Could Cause Tolls to Triple
“Rate shock” was the name given to the electricity industry’s financial crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, when utility company finances buckled under the weight of escalating nuclear power costs. Not only were the costs of the nukes spiraling out of control, but the electricity rate hikes required to pay for them caused energy use to flatten, as customers pinched by the high rates were forced to conserve. Facing higher costs but flat sales, the utilities made up the difference with further rate hikes, until their customers rebelled, the dividends stopped flowing, and utility investors lost billions.
January 26, 2012
Fourteen North Westchester Municipalities Join Tappan Zee Transit Coalition
Governor Cuomo, your neighbors have something to tell you.
January 24, 2012
Electeds and Advocates: Tappan Zee Needs Transit From the Start
Support for transit on the new Tappan Zee bridge -- built up over a decade of consensus building and 280 public meetings -- runs deep and broad in the Hudson Valley. Though Governor Andrew Cuomo is already rushing forward with plans to build the bridge without any transit option, 11 local elected officials from both parties and a coalition of 16 environmental, labor, social justice, and transportation organizations have now come together to say that Westchester and Rockland County residents need transit on the Tappan Zee. In a statement released today, the coalition argues that Cuomo can't leave transit to be built later; the Hudson Valley needs transit now.
December 15, 2011
Transit Union Leader Urges Labor to Back Transit on the New Tappan Zee
Despite widespread opposition, Governor Andrew Cuomo is plowing forward with plans to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit. Even so, there's still no plan for how to pay for the bridge. Cuomo has proposed that union pension funds put up some of the money, but there's been no explanation of how those pension funds would be paid back.
December 13, 2011
Hudson Valley Elected Officials Blast Decision to Take Transit Off Tappan Zee
After nine years of study and 280 meetings, New York State had reached the conclusion that the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge needed to include transit: both a Metro-North extension and a new cross-county bus rapid transit system. Up until quite recently, state agencies forcefully argued that only transit could improve mobility between Westchester and Rockland Counties and provide a backbone for sustainable future growth. Residents of both counties agreed and bought into the decision. Transit on the Tappan Zee was popular. It was the plan.
October 28, 2011
Tappan Zee Docs Rescued From Memory Hole Say New Bridge Needs Transit
After a public outcry, New York State has restored the extensive library of documents generated by nine years of study and public outreach surrounding the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge.
October 27, 2011