Bill Text: NY A02089 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study pertaining to a proposed expansion of the Long Island Motor Parkway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A02089 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02089-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2089
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT  in relation to ordering a study and report on a proposed exten-
         sion of the Long Island Motor Parkway east from  Winchester  Boulevard
         to  Little Neck Parkway in the county of Queens; and providing for the
         repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  commissioner  of the department of transportation is
    2  hereby authorized and directed to conduct a study on a  proposed  exten-
    3  sion  of the Long Island Motor Parkway east from Winchester Boulevard to
    4  Little Neck Parkway in the county of Queens.
    5    1. Such study shall address no less than the following issues:
    6    (a) The estimated total cost of the project.
    7    (b) The estimated duration of the project.
    8    (c) The impact construction will have on local traffic patterns.
    9    (d) The environmental impact of the project, represented in  an  envi-
   10  ronmental  impact statement, if such statement is required by law, or is
   11  deemed warranted according to the discretion of the commissioner of  the
   12  department of transportation.
   13    2.  The  commissioner of the department of transportation shall report
   14  such findings to the governor and the legislature by February 1, 2018.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  February
   16  2,  2018  when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
   17  repealed.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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