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The Villages: Carry the Load, Aluf Update and Village Budgets

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April 30, 2018

This week in the villages: Ahead of this year’s Memorial Day, support those who lost their lives in service to our country by participating in the Carry the Load East Coast Relay. Phase II ambient air chemical test results for an area near the Aluf facility are available. And the 2018-2019 town budgets are being finalized.

Village of Nyack

Revised 2018-2019 Budget
Curious where your money’s going? The revised 2018-2019 budget for the Village of Nyack is available on the nyack-ny.gov website.
Nyack Board Resolution 2018-44
At the April 26, 2018 Nyack Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees adopted Resolution 2018-44, opposing the new planet waste to fuel facility proposed in Stony Point.

Village of Upper Nyack

2018-2019 Budget
The approved 2018-2019 budget for Upper Nyack is available on the uppernyack-ny.us website.

Town of Orangetown

Aluf Update
Results from Phase II of the ambient air chemical testing, conducted throughout that section of town in order to test for potential elevated levels of certain chemicals and address gaps in information and potentially concerning results regarding Acrolein from Phase I, indicate that the initially high short-term Acrolein results were in fact due to issues with the canisters that were used. The results, as analyzed by both TRC and Orangetown’s Air Quality Review Committee, “indicate the air has minimal to no risk for residents, with all levels of all chemicals falling below the Short Term Guideline Concentrations (SGC’s), and most falling below the Annual Guideline Concentrations (AGC’s).” The TRC report is available on the Orangetown.com website, and the Air Quality Review Committee memo may also be found there.
Orangetown Recreation Day & Teen Camp Registration Information
Registration for Orangetown Day Camp and Teen Camp is now open. The camp registration form may be downloaded from the Parks and Recreation page. A junior counselor application may also be found on the Parks and Recreation page along with a Spring Recreation Program Brochure.

Town of Clarkstown / Rockland County

Carry the Load – Congers Rally- Tuesday, May 1
Carry the Load is a national not-for-profit organization founded by veterans to restore the true meaning of Memorial Day with its annual National Relay that travels 2,100 miles, from West Point to Texas, carrying the American flag.
Join the Carry the Load East Coast National Relay Team for a mile-long walk into Congers Station Park. For those that would like to walk with the American Flag into the Town of Congers, please meet at Old Haverstraw Rd and Patricia Ave at 6:15p. For those who would like to join the event but not walk, please meet at 5:30p at Congers Station Park for a barbecue, music and kid-friendly fun while cheering the walkers on as they enter the park. From there, the American flag will continue with other walkers on its 2,100-mile trek to Dallas, Texas. Carrytheload.org has more information about the East Coast route as it passes by Nyack High School and Piermont.

Tappan Zee Bridge News

Overnight Lane Closures in Tarrytown
Tappan Zee Constructors (TZC) is scheduled to continue installing new precast concrete slabs near the Mario Cuomo Bridge’s Westchester landing. The work will create a new base roadway for the twin-span crossing’s connection to the Thruway when the second span opens later this year. It requires overnight lane closures on the northbound New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287). Work will also necessitate closing the northbound Thruway exit 9 (Tarrytown – Sleepy Hollow – US Route 9) on-ramp from Route 119 during the overnights of Monday, April 30, and Tuesday, May 1. Drivers will be detoured approximately one mile east on Route 119 to access the northbound Thruway (see map below). The exit 9 off-ramp will remain accessible from the northbound Thruway.

At least one lane will remain open at all times. Specific lane closure times are listed in the chart below.
Lane & Ramp Closures Near the Bridge

DATE:	CLOSURES BEGIN:	CLOSURES END:	LOCATION:
Mon., 4/30	7 p.m. – One right lane 9 p.m. – Two right lanes 10:30 p.m. – Three right lanes	Tue., 5/1: 6 a.m. – Two lanes open 7 a.m. – Three lanes open 8 a.m. – All lanes open	Northbound from exit 8A to the bridge
Mon., 4/30	9 p.m. – Ramp closure	6 a.m., Tue., 5/1	Northbound Exit 9 on-ramp
Tue., 5/1	7 p.m. – One right lane 9 p.m. – Two right lanes 10:30 p.m. – Three right lanes	Wed., 5/2: 6 a.m. – Two lanes open 7 a.m. – Three lanes open 8 a.m. – All lanes open	Northbound from exit 8A to the bridge
Tue., 5/1	9 p.m. – Ramp closure	6 a.m., Wed., 5/2	Northbound Exit 9 on-ramp
Wed., 5/2	7 p.m. – One left lane 9 p.m. – Two left lanes 11 p.m. – Three left lanes	Thur., 5/3: 6 a.m. – Two lanes open 7 a.m. – Three lanes open 8 a.m. – All lanes open	Northbound from exit 8A to the bridge
Thur., 5/3	8 p.m. – One left lane 9 p.m. – Two left lanes 11:30 p.m. – Three left lanes	Fri., 5/4: 6 a.m. – Two lanes open 7 a.m. – Three lanes open 8 a.m. – All lanes open	Northbound from exit 8A to the bridge

TZC is also scheduled to pour concrete for the eastbound span’s Westchester landing this week, weather permitting. The work will not require the closure of any Thruway traffic lanes.

Truss Dismantling
TZC is scheduled to remove large steel truss sections of the old bridge this week and next week with the assistance of the project’s largest crane, dubbed I Lift NY. The truss sections, weighing up to 1,300 tons, will be placed on barges and transported to ancillary project facilities.