The Syracuse Metropolitan Transit Council has put out a proposal to over 100 companies nationwide in a search for a study group to examine the effects of tearing down I-81 through Syracuse. Common Councilor Van Robinson held a news conference today at Syracuse University and said that 19 engineering and consulting companies had already submitted bids. The deadline for all proposals is August 5th. The study would take up two years of a plan by Robinson to have I-81 removed by 2015.
"It's amazing-- I've heard from so many experts who've said they're amazed that we have not had many fatalities on that highway."
Syracuse is the only city along I-81 that has the highway run through its downtown.
"The highway is at the end of its life expectancy," says Robinson. "If nothing is done, we can just sit back because the highway's going to fall down on its own."
Robinson also says that if the highway through the city is not torn down, it would require a costly repair in the near future. He believes that safety and the economy will benefit the most by the removal of the highway.
"It's amazing-- I've heard from so many experts who've said they're amazed that we have not had many fatalities on that highway."
Syracuse is the only city along I-81 that has the highway run through its downtown.
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