NYC DOT Design Study to Examine New Access Ramp to Hutch Metro Complex Via Hutchinson River Parkway
New Access Point Would Significantly Reduce Congestion, Improve Traffic Flow, Provide Emergency Exit for More Than 10,000 Employees & Visitors
BRONX – State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), together with New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto (D-Bronx), Councilman James Vacca (D-Bronx), President and COO of the Hutchinson Metro Center Joe Kelleher, Community Boards 10 and 11, local activists and community groups, will announce $1 million in state funding for the new NYC DOT preliminary design study to reduce congestion at the Hutch Metro Center in the Bronx on Friday, May 1st at 11:00 A.M.
The study will examine and develop a conceptual plan to construct a new southbound access ramp to the Hutch Metro Center via the Hutchinson River Parkway, in addition to the creation of a service road and two way-public street connecting to the complex. With widespread community support and new developments on the horizon, the construction of the access ramp would significantly reduce congestion, improve traffic flow and provide an emergency exit for the thousands of employees, patients and guests visiting the Hutch Metro Center each day.
WHO: Senator Jeff Klein, NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, Councilman James Vacca, President and COO of the Hutch Metro Center Joe Kelleher, Community Boards 10 and 11, local activists and community groups.
WHAT: Klein and City Officials to Announce $1 Million Study to Reduce Congestion at Hutch Metro Center in the Bronx.
WHERE: Hutchinson Metro Center, Tower 1, 1250 Waters Place, Bronx, New York. (Press conference to be held in the lobby.)
WHEN: Friday, May 1st at 11:00 A.M.
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