Our June 7 freedom of information request about the #Edgewaterdisaster#Sheridanexpansion data still has NOT been answered. But the comment period was closed July 31. The State says it needs more time but won’t afford the public the same right. #opentheEIS
Advocates, as well as a 2013 city study, recommended a different method...they believe would lead truck traffic to stay on the Bruckner and avoid the new pedestrian-friendly boulevard section of the Sheridan. https://t.co/Cd2QHnyVNd
Goes back to what folks at @sbrwa@THEPOINTCDC@_ympj and local residents asked for - reducing the width Sheridan to give more space back to the community. It's not a meaningful improvement to remove elevated highway and add crossings to access the riverfront.
Residents of the South Bronx, Williamsburg, and the Lower East Side have all proposed smart alternatives to highway business-as-usual; New York City & New York State need to follow their lead. @sbrwa
@lawhawk@StvBurns@wcbs880 @angtovar The associated expansion of the roadway involves a taking a portion of Concrete Plant Park to build a ramp and other new barriers to parkland on Edgewater Road.
Construction is set to start next week on converting the Sheridan Expressway into an "urban boulevard". It's what advocates like @sbrwa have been fighting for for decades...but they're not happy about this news. @angtovar calls this moment "bittersweet." https://t.co/NbMSvQiPEE
Via Buddy Stein: Asked in debate between State Senate candidates about the state plan for Sheridan Expressway that would bring unwanted truck traffic to Edgewater Road, jeopardizing The Point river campus and... https://t.co/I2sRCEtsTN
The @NYSDOT has proposed substantial changes to the South Bronx along the #BronxRiver in their Hunts Point Interstate Access Improvement Project. Learn more about the project & its environmental impacts from @sbrwa. Share your comments before July 16>https://t.co/tZe82yixvT