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[QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 2407167, member: 41"]
[B][URL="http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/long-awaited_study_i-81_tunnel_feasible_but_costly.html#incart_breaking"]I-81 tunnel: Project would take up to $4.5 billion, 10 years, long-awaited study says[/URL][/B]
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[I]SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A $2 million study that examined whether a tunnel is an option to replace a section of aging highway in Syracuse has determined that it would be feasible but it would cost between $3 billion and $4.5 billion and take between nine and 10 years to build.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo had ordered the study in January to take an in-depth look again at whether a tunnel was feasible to replace a 1.2-mile section of Interstate-81 in Syracuse.

The Department of Transportation had earlier rejected the tunnel as a possibility, but it continues to be the favored alternative among some elected officials -- including State Sen. John DeFrancisco -- and some other groups in and around Syracuse.

The state instead moved forward with other possibilities for the highway, including rebuilding the existing viaduct or re-routing traffic onto the existing street grid and sending through traffic onto what is now Interstate 481.

In a statement announcing the study, the DOT said the study showed that a tunnel is "technically feasible" but costly. Rebuilding the viaduct would cost an estimated $1.7 billion and a grid would cost $1.3 billion...[/I]
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