Rockland a tough audience
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- October
- 30
Officials from the three entities studying the future of the Tappan Zee Bridge—the state Department of Transportation, the Thruway Authority and Metro-North Railroad—were impressed by yesterday’s turnout for information meetings at Rockland Community College.
It was far heavier, they said, than that the previous day in Westchester. In fact, more individuals spoke at the conclusion of just the 4:30 session at RCC than after both the 4:30 and 7 p.m. sessions in Westchester combined. Residents and officials here had questions, concerns and even suggestions.
At least one of the Tappan Zee Project Team officials was a bit perplexed and wondered out loud as to why that might be.
I offered that for Rockland, the need for mass transit is greater and, given the scope of the proposed project, the risks may be greater.
Then, of course, there’s the memory—either personal or passed on through the decades—of what happened here in the 1950s.
In truth, for every Nyack there’s a Tarrytown and for every South Nyack there’s an Ardsley, which was cut in two by the Thruway.
But somehow, here the scars have always been deeper. And so, maybe, is the fear.
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