Tappan Zee Plans Flunk New York’s Smart Growth Test | Streetsblog New York City
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Tappan Zee Plans Flunk New York’s Smart Growth Test
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<a title="View TappanZeeSmartGrowthCriteria on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/79379330" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">TappanZeeSmartGrowthCriteria</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/79379330/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list" data-auto-height="true" data-aspect-ratio="" scrolling="no" id="doc_18427" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>The Cuomo administration’s plan for an extra-wide, transit-free Tappan Zee Bridge is exactly the kind of project that New York state’s smart growth law is supposed to prevent. Passed in 2010 under David Paterson’s administration, the Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act requires any state infrastructure project to meet 10 smart growth criteria. Under the law, the state should only build projects that support sustainability and downtown revitalization, not sprawl.</p>
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