Plan to replace I-81 in Syracuse with urban boulevard gets court win

A major legal hurdle to tearing down the interstate 81 viaduct through Syracuse, New York, and replacing it with an urban boulevard was cleared Friday when a New York court overturned a ruling blocking the project.

The only legal route now for Renew 81, a group opposing the “new urbanism” project, would be to seek relief from the New York Court of Appeals, the highest in the state.

In a unanimous decision, a five-judge panel overturned a lower court decision that a new environmental impact...

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