Westchester Insider: Westchester County: 12/9 AT 10AM - WESTCHESTER COUNTY PARTNERS WITH SCENIC HUDSON TO ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR WESTCHESTER RIVERWALK.

 

COUNTY PARTNERS WITH SCENIC HUDSON TO ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING

FOR WESTCHESTER RIVERWALK.

 

Local Funding will enable Environmental Review necessary to ensure “missing link”

in trail beneath Cuomo Bridge is shovel-ready.

 

(Tarrytown, NY) – Westchester County Executive George Latimer has included $1.3 million in his proposed 2022 County budget to conduct an environmental review of the extension of the Westchester RiverWalk beneath the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. In partnership with the environmental organization Scenic Hudson, Latimer is working to advance the project to shovel-ready status, so it may be eligible for funds from the recently passed $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The 0.9-mile stretch of the RiverWalk beneath the bridge has long been considered a critical “missing link” in efforts to complete the 51-mile trail spanning the length of Westchester’s Hudson waterfront.

 

Thursday, December 9

10 a.m.

Tarrytown Senior Center

240 W. Main Street

Tarrytown, NY 10590

 

***PRESS CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE SENIOR CENTER FACING THE RIVER***

 

The Act invests $11 billion in transportation safety, including safer paths and crossings for bicyclists and pedestrians. In addition to connecting current RiverWalk segments in Tarrytown and Irvington, the extension is envisioned to link to the bridge’s shared-use path, making it a viable option for Rockland County commuters to access nearby jobs and Metro-North stations across the river.

 

Scenic Hudson has been leading collaborative efforts to complete the extension. The project has drawn widespread endorsement from the business community (including the Business Council of Westchester, Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation and Westchester County Association), the four municipalities around the extension (Briarcliff Manor, Irvington, Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown), and many of the region’s bicycling organizations.

 

Other partners in this initiative include the Village of Tarrytown, Metro-North Railroad, and the New York State Thruway Authority and Department of State.