Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the Thruway Authority is launching a $13.9 million multimodal project along South Broadway Route 9 in Tarrytown.
According to the governor”™s office, the project will extend the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge side path south to Lyndhurst Mansion and will include the construction of a 270-foot-long pedestrian bridge over the Thruway I-87/I-287. The New York State Department of Transportation is a funding partner on the two-year project, which will also widen the ramps at Thruway Interchange 9 leading to and from South Broadway while adding a second left turn lane from South Broadway to the southbound Thruway entrance ramp.
Furthermore, the project will include the installation of a new traffic signal on South Broadway at Paulding Avenue, the repair and resurfacing of South Broadway from Route 119 to just south of Gracemere Lane, and the relocation of a village water main onto the South Broadway bridge.
“Expanding pedestrian and cycling access along the Hudson River is essential to connecting communities for recreation and commuting,” Hochul said in a press statment. “This partnership between the Thruway Authority and the Department of Transportation will provide fantastic new services to residents of Tarrytown and the visitors of the Hudson Valley ”“ creating safer, more connected communities.”
