"“Despite our best good faith efforts to bring this safety project forward, we have been unable to come to an agreement on how to successfully advance this project,” state Department of Transportation New York City Region Director Erik Koester said in a statement on the demise of a project issued Monday afternoon."
"“The state Department of Transportation will not be releasing the final Environmental Assessment on the Cross Bronx Expressway Five Bridges Project and will suspend the project,” Koester added."
"The agency will instead monitor the state of the bridges and make repairs when necessary, Koester added. The stunning demise of the Five Bridges Project is the end of a two-year fight that Bronx environmental advocates and residents of the Bronx River Houses waged against state DOT."
"In 2024, Gov. Hochul and a host of Bronx elected officials, some of whom would later walk back their enthusiasm, announced that New York won a $150-million grant to pay for part of a $900-million project to repair elevated pieces of the Cross Bronx Expressway between Boston Road and Rosedale Avenue."
New York State suspended plans to repair and widen five bridges along the Cross Bronx Expressway after a prolonged dispute with Bronx residents. The state Department of Transportation said it could not reach an agreement on how to advance the project and would not release the final environmental assessment. The agency will instead monitor bridge conditions and make repairs when necessary. The suspension ends a multi-year fight involving Bronx environmental advocates and residents of the Bronx River Houses, where one bridge is located nearby. Earlier plans included a $150-million federal grant toward a larger $900-million effort, framed as a community connector to improve transit and biking, but residents objected to a highway-sized diverter road and anticipated increases in traffic and asthma impacts.
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