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Sign Now Warns Truck Drivers Near King Street Overpass, Hit 14 Times This Year Sign Now Warns Truck Drivers Near King Street Overpass, Hit 14 Times This Year
Sign Now Warns Truck Drivers Near King Street Overpass, Hit 14 Times This Year The state Department of Transportation met its promise to County Executive George Latimer this week to install "more dramatic and eye catching signs to warn truck drivers about the low bridges on the Hutchinson River Parkway," Latimer said on Tuesday, July 31. The state DOT installed temporary signs that warn drivers “TRUCKS MUST EXIT NOW” at both approaches to the King Street Avenue Bridge on the Hutchinson River Parkway.  The state also informed Westchester County that permanent highly visible signs are in the works. “I’m pleased by this development, but we still have a lot of …

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by Jon Craig
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Plan To Build Long Island Sound Tunnel Scrapped Plan To Build Long Island Sound Tunnel Scrapped
Plan To Build Long Island Sound Tunnel Scrapped The proposal to build a multi-billion dollar tunnel under the Long Island Sound, connecting Long Island and Westchester, has been scrapped, New York State Department of Transportation officials announced on Thursday. NYSDOT Commissioner Paul Karas made the announcement on Thursday, putting the kibosh on the plan, which may have cost upwards of $55 billion, according to a recently released study that was commissioned earlier this year. The exact reasoning for abandoning the plan was not provided. “After careful review of a variety of considerations pertaining to the project, NYSDOT has decid…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open
Chappaqua Crossing Apartments Officially Open New York State Homes and Community Renewal and Wilder Balter Partners announced the completion of a $21 million affordable housing development in the Chappaqua section of the Town of New Castle.  The Chappaqua Crossing development renovated the historic Reader’s Digest headquarters building to create 64 mixed-income apartments. Developed by Wilder Balter, the sprawling campus will include a variety of retail and commercial spaces and is near the Chappaqua Metro-North train station and Saw Mill River Parkway. During a Thursday June 7 ribbon-cutting ceremony, RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner…

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by Jon Craig