County Executive Ed Day and County Legislature Chairman Jay Hood Jr. are withholding entering into a PILOT Agreement (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) with CHPE, until funds are provided for small businesses and residents. “This project has caused real and measurable harm to our community,” declared County Executive Ed Day. “Small businesses are losing customers, […]
But baby, CHPE ain’t over till it’s over… CHPE has announced that traffic access on the James Farley Bridge in Stony Point has resumed on Monday, October 20. The return of traffic across the bridge allows for the removal of the Lowland Hill detour, as well as the alternate truck route through the Village of […]
Last week, Congressman Lawler called on Governor Hochul to immediately intervene and provide relief to small businesses in Stony Point that are facing devastating economic consequences due to overlapping state-approved construction projects along Route 9W. In a letter dated September 18th, Congressman Lawler called on the governor to end the overlapping work, reschedule either O&R […]
Last week, the RCT covered the Stony Point Family Diner and the safety issues that have been occurring as a result of the CHPE construction. The DOT has responded to concerns by placing a barricade to prevent cars from going up the one way. This has forced cars to instead go out onto 9W rather […]
To the Editor, The Champlain Hudson Power Express (abbreviated CHPE, pronounced “chippy”), is a 333-mile, 1000-Megawatt transmission facility to be built by Transmission Development Inc. (TDI). This proposed transmission facility would bring 1000 megawatts of electricity generated from Canadian mega-dams to Queens, NY, where it would power about 1 million homes. The project is touted […]
Memorandum of understanding sealed between local municipalities and Transmission Developers, Inc. Last week, five Rockland localities signed off on a memorandum of understanding with Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI), developer of the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE), “a completely buried, high voltage direct current transmission line proposed to extend from the Canadian border to New York […]