Sunday, December 10, 2006
Transit projects on deck Governor-elect Spitzer wheels out his priorities
Times Herald-Record
"Eliot Spitzer hasn't even taken office yet, but the governor-elect already knows what he wants to accomplish by the end of his second term in 2014:
"‰Build the first of four segments of a new subway line beneath Second Avenue between 63rd and 96th streets, on Manhattan's East Side. Cost: $3.8 billion for the first segment and $10.5 billion for the other three.
"‰Create a new hub for the Long Island Rail Road at Grand Central Terminal and add a third track in Queens and Nassau County. Cost: $6.3 billion plus who-knows-how-much for a third track — and not counting the state comptroller's estimate that the project is $2.4 billion over budget.
"‰Repair or replace the Tappan Zee Bridge between Rockland and Westchester counties with or without bus rapid transit or commuter rail. Cost: $500,000 to $14.5 billion depending on which of six options is chosen.
The ambition is staggering. After all, he's only talking about his priorities in one part of a famously balkanized state where transportation funding is still on life support despite an infusion of $2.9 billion from the bond act that voters approved last year."
to read the rest of this very well researched story click here andy
"Eliot Spitzer hasn't even taken office yet, but the governor-elect already knows what he wants to accomplish by the end of his second term in 2014:
"‰Build the first of four segments of a new subway line beneath Second Avenue between 63rd and 96th streets, on Manhattan's East Side. Cost: $3.8 billion for the first segment and $10.5 billion for the other three.
"‰Create a new hub for the Long Island Rail Road at Grand Central Terminal and add a third track in Queens and Nassau County. Cost: $6.3 billion plus who-knows-how-much for a third track — and not counting the state comptroller's estimate that the project is $2.4 billion over budget.
"‰Repair or replace the Tappan Zee Bridge between Rockland and Westchester counties with or without bus rapid transit or commuter rail. Cost: $500,000 to $14.5 billion depending on which of six options is chosen.
The ambition is staggering. After all, he's only talking about his priorities in one part of a famously balkanized state where transportation funding is still on life support despite an infusion of $2.9 billion from the bond act that voters approved last year."
to read the rest of this very well researched story click here andy
