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The NYS Bridge Authority, which has been around for almost 90 years maintaining the five iconic bridges of the Hudson Valley, is in serious peril and is facing abolishment under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2020 budget proposal. We have less than 30 days to change the 2020 budget before the demise of the NYSBA is setContinue reading

Mid-Hudson Valley travelers, do you think it’s normal for a river crossing bridge to fall into such disrepair that it must be replaced, with its counterpart needing demolition? This was the fate of the former Tappan Zee bridge under the care of the New York State Thruway Authority. If Governor Andrew Cuomo has his way,Continue reading

The Bridge Authority has operated in the Black for nearly 80 years. Tolls are lower today than they were when the Mid Hudson bridge first opened. It was 90 cents to cross the bridge but the toll was charged in each direction. All money from the tolls goes to the Bridge Authority and pays forContinue reading

Bruce Willis said in popular movies “This is a bad idea.”  In 10 days the New York State budget will be voted on by your state legislators. Stated very clearly in that budget is the handover of our Mid-Hudson bridges to the control of the New York State Thruway Authority. I cannot emphasize this anyContinue reading

Governor Cuomo wants our bridges  The Bridge Authority is among the most efficient parts of state government, relying on tolls for most income and charging far less than others. So, why would the Bridge Authority want to merge? It doesn’t. Why would legislators who represent the area served by the Bridge Authority want it toContinue reading

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