S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7682
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 5, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT in relation to ordering a study and report on improvements of
State Route 9A in the Hudson River Greenway portion of State Route 9A;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
of
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The department of transportation is hereby authorized and
directed to conduct a study on proposed improvements along the Hudson
River Greenway portion of State Route 9A in New York county.
1. Such study shall address no less than the following issues:
(a) The estimated total cost to redesign the 80-intersection corridor
to reduce crash frequency and severity;
(b) The estimated total cost for lane and crosswalk configuration,
data and traffic analysis, and civil engineering and landscaping compo-
nents;
(c) The estimated duration of the project;
(d) The impact construction will have on local traffic patterns;
(e) The environmental impact of the project, represented in an envi-
ronmental impact statement, if such statement is required by law, or is
deemed warranted according to the discretion of the department of trans-
portation; and
(f) Identify areas for cooperation between agencies who have purview
over this project and/or relevant properties and solicit and incorporate
input from such agencies.
2. The department of transportation shall report such findings to the
governor and the legislature within one year after the effective date of
this act.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire one year
after it shall have become a law when upon such date the provisions of
this act shall be deemed repealed.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.