What's happening
This bill requires the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to issue a traffic impact statement and hold a public hearing before major construction projects, with exceptions for emergencies.
Why it matters
Increases public transparency and accountability. by requiring the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to disclose all possible traffic mitigation alternatives and their impacts before beginning large-scale, disruptive projects, allowing residents to be better informed about changes affecting their communities.
Gives local communities a formal voice. in project planning through mandated public comment sessions at hearings, which could influence project design or implementation to better address neighborhood concerns and minimize negative impacts.
May result in improved project outcomes and fewer surprises. by ensuring that traffic impacts are considered and discussed early in the process, potentially preventing unanticipated congestion or disruptions once construction begins.
Includes an emergency exception. to balance transparency with the need for rapid response, meaning urgent repairs or safety threats can be addressed without delay, but routine major work will face more scrutiny and require community input.
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Require Traffic Impact Hearings
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7316
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 21, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to acquiring a traffic impact statement and public hearing for certain construction projects of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 559-a to read as follows:
§ 559-a. Traffic impact statement and public hearing. 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, when the authority plans to complete a construction or renovation project that shall cost at least five million dollars and shall take at least thirty days to substantially complete, the authority shall issue a traffic impact statement, and hold a public hearing in communities which will be impacted by the project. Before such public hearing is held, the authority shall publish all traffic mitigation alternatives and the positive or adverse impact such alternatives will have on potential delays of such construction project.
2. The public hearing required by subdivision one of this section shall:
(a) provide for a public comment session;
(b) be held no less than thirty days before the construction or renovation project is put out to bid; and
(c) shall be held before the traffic impact statement is issued.
3. The authority shall not have to comply with the requirements of subdivision one of this section when, in the opinion of the authority, an emergency exists that requires an immediate construction or renovation project or there is an imminent threat to public safety.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, that, the chairman of the metropolitan transportation authority is immediately authorized and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11017-01-7
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