The Common Councilor Van Robinson held a news conference today at Syracuse University to announce that progress is being made towards removing Interstate 81. Robinson says the proposals have gone out to over one hundred companies who are willing to submit a bid to the Syracuse Metro Transit Council. The bid is for studying the possibilities of removing I-81. So far, nineteen companies have responded to his proposal. The bidding closes August 5th and the common council will pick a company within thirty to sixty days. In about 2 years they will sign a contract with the company. Robinson says that tearing down the highway is a good idea for the area. “It’s very apparent that if it comes down one this you will do is slow traffic 2 by having it come down it will improve the property values around the I-81 corridors.” If the project is approved in 2015 there could be no more I-81.
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