Toll Plaza in South Nyack!

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | The toll plaza for the Tappan Zee Bridge at midday in Tarrytown. (Jan. 11, 2013)

In the news this week:

“The New York State Thruway Authority and its bridge contractor, Tappan Zee Constructors, are looking to put up overhead steel frames equipped with toll-collection equipment over Interstate 287 near Interchange 10 in South Nyack.”
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Seriously?  After 5 years of public hearings in which community input was incorporated into the DEIS, they can announce a design change that was never even hinted at before?

South Nyack is screwed . . . .

Tappan Zee Constructors to buy, and possibly rent, South Nyack homes

Melissa and Pete McDonagh with Finn, Colin, and River

“The long-running legal roller coaster for five South Nyack homeowners is inching toward a resolution as state officials confirm that their houses will be bought to serve as residences for top managers and executives who will be working on the new Tappan Zee Bridge.”

“Other residents are closely monitoring the deal, hoping that they might be able to rent their properties to contractors involved in the $3.9 billion bridge project. ”

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