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As many people in our area know, Interstate 81 in Central New York is coming to the end of its useful lifespan in some spots and will need to be repaired, rebuilt or replaced. One of those sections is the stretch of elevated highway that runs north-south through Downtown Syracuse. The state’s Department of Transportation, […]
Skaneateles Community Group Rejects Boulevard Option
In a letter sent last month to the Syracuse Common Council, Holland Gregg, executive director of Citizens to Preserve the Character of Skaneateles, wrote that replacing the I-81 elevated highway in Syracuse with a boulevard and re-routing I-81 traffic around the city would be “a huge setback for the Finger Lakes Region.” Gregg wrote that […]