Cars Kill, So Why Are We Adding More of Them to Route 17?

The New York State Department of Transportation wants your feedback on their plans to (finally) convert Route 17 to Interstate 86. Here's why adding a third lane will backfire on all of us.

Since Memorial Day is the unofficial beginning of Summer, this week I want to focus on some of the challenges we are going to face as it gets hotter outside.

2023 was the hottest Summer ever recorded. 2024 is likely to be hotter.

And that hot temperature can kill.

So, yesterday, I told you about the New York State Democrats and their plan to derail a bill that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through land preservation.

Today, we’re going to take a look at the Route 17 to Interstate 86 conversion project.

The public comment period for the NYS Route 17 Mobility & Access Improvement Project ends tomorrow, May 30th.

You can email your comments to Rt17MobilityAccess@dot.ny.gov or visit this website to share your thoughts with the NYS Department of Transportation.

There are four-ish options being presented to the public as part of this project to finish the conversion of Route 17 to Interstate 86. Something that’s been in the works since the late ‘90s. You can see all four described in …