Plans to tear down a section of Interstate 81 that goes through a low-income area of Syracuse, New York, and replace its key section with an urban boulevard, routing most truck traffic around the city, appear to have become reality.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has the Syracuse project in the recent reveal of her $32.8 billion State Capital Plan.
It is a project that the Trucking Association of New York opposes in its current form, according to Kendra Hems, executive director of the TANY. In an...
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