New York - Funding To Study Widening Route 17

New York - US Senator Charles Schumer favors widening Route 17, to be named I-86, in parts of Orange and Sullivan counties.

Schumer said that he has secured money in the transportation bill to study widening of the highway. "It will cost about $100 million, that’s our estimate, from the place where the three lanes stops in Orange County all the way through Liberty," he said. "So, that’s not bad."
Schumer and others are concerned about growing traffic now and capacity problems as development occurs, particularly Bethel Woods opening in a matter of weeks and casinos expected in the next few years.