Directs the department of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing interstate 787 and replacing it with traffic features that will allow easier access to the Hudson river waterfront and provide reasonable traffic operations.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9122
IN ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT directing the department of transportation to conduct a study on
the feasibility of removing interstate 787
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. The department of transportation shall conduct a study
2 to determine the feasibility of removing interstate 787 (I-787) and
3 replacing it with traffic features that will allow easier access to the
4 Hudson river waterfront and provide reasonable traffic operations.
5 2. Such study shall examine the challenges, opportunities, cost, and
6 environmental impact of replacing interstate 787 with traffic features
7 that would provide reasonable traffic operations and promote pedestrian
8 access to the Hudson river waterfront, including, but not limited to,
9 at-grade boulevards, lane narrowing, reduction of the number of lanes,
10 potential rail stations and more pedestrian and multi-modal access to
11 such waterfront. Such study shall consider the findings of the existing
12 I-787/Hudson Waterfront Corridor Study completed by the Capital District
13 Transportation Committee.
14 3. Upon completion of such study, but no later than one year from the
15 effective date of this act, the department of transportation shall issue
16 a report based on the findings of such study to the governor, the tempo-
17 rary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such
18 report shall include, but not be limited to:
19 (a) the findings of such study;
20 (b) any short-term and long-term actions that can be implemented by
21 the department of transportation, a plan of action for such implementa-
22 tion, and the estimated cost of such implementation plan;
23 (c) a modeling of potential alternative traffic features that would
24 replace interstate 787; and
25 (d) any recommendations to the governor and legislature.
26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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