This week the New York State Department of Transportation released the findings of its study to reimagine the Interstate 787 Corridor.
Change will come to the 9-mile I-787… eventually. Tuesday’s release of the Planning and Environmental Linkages study paves the way for commencement of a two-year environmental review process to determine viable future projects aimed at reconnecting the city of Albany with its Hudson River waterfront.
While the idea of building a tunnel has been set aside, the study features five plans for re-imagining the highway. Two designs call for reconstructing the existing highway and replacing the Dunn Memorial Bridge with a more bike-and-pedestrian-friendly structure. Three others would give the part of 787 that runs through the city a “boulevard treatment.”…