In late 1997, then Governor Pataki formed the I-287 Task Force to recommend alternatives to a high occupancy vehicle lane on the Cross Westchester Expressway and to address the transportation issues in the lower Hudson Valley. The Task Force was chaired by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also included the Chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation, the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Executive Director of the Thruway Authority. The Task Force retained an outside consultant team to perform a preliminary study of such alternatives. This report provides the technical foundation for the Task Force to consider in making recommendations regarding those alternatives and the long term needs.

 Long Term Needs Assessment and Alternative Analysis I-287/Tappan Zee Bridge Corridor (PDF, 101 pages/916 Kb)