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A Freight Plan for the NYMTC Region Several proposals have been advanced for addressing the issue of access to JFK airport and related industrial areas. From the north, suggested strategies include extending the Clearview Expressway through a tunnel to JFK, or making further operational and capacity improvements to the Van Wyck Expressway. There is considerable community opposition to the Clearview extension and it has been dropped from further consideration. The need for capacity improvements along the Van Wyck Expressway corridor was identified as a key concern in the New York City Arterial Goods Movement Study (March 2003). NYSDOT and the PANYNJ recently completed some capacity improvements along the southernmost segment of the Expressway in conjunction with the JFK AirTrain project. These primarily involved minor improvements at ramp junctions, and the upgrade of shoulder segments to create weaving sections between adjacent on/off ramp pairs. NYSDOT currently has a project on the TIP that will examine operational issues at the Kew Gardens Interchange, where the Van Wyck crosses the Grand Central and Jackie Robinson Parkways. While only limited commercial traffic is permitted on a portion of the Grand Central, any operational improvements at this heavily congested interchange would have a positive impact on truck movement along the Van Wyck. A more ambitious plan for the Van Wyck corridor would involve the construction of an additional travel lane in each direction through the submerged section of roadway south of Jamaica Station. This would be a major undertaking, and would likely require substantial infrastructure improvements to widen the Van Wyck “trench” in this area and cantilever the Expressway service roads over the outermost lanes on the mainline below. From the south and west, current strategies include improvements to Atlantic Avenue and conversion of part of the Bay Ridge branch of the LIRR to a truck haul road while maintaining the railroad right-of-way. Due to the geometric configuration of the existing rightof-way, as well as response to concerns expressed by community groups, improvements on Linden Boulevard to facilitate truck traffic have been dropped from further consideration. In regard to the Belt Parkway, there are safety concerns, potentially high infrastructure upgrade costs, and community concerns associated with allowing commercial vehicles . There is no current proposal to allow commercial vehicles on the Belt Parkway. Transportation Impacts Improvements to the Van Wyck Expressway and Atlantic Avenue were not sufficiently defined to permit the inclusion of analysis in this report. The operational study of the Kew Gardens Interchange is included in the current TIP, while the more substantial widening of the Van Wyck is a conceptual proposal that has not yet been examined in any detail. Other Impacts Improvements to the Van Wyck Expressway and Atlantic Avenue were not sufficiently defined to permit the inclusion of analysis in this report. Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 5-51
A Freight Plan for the NYMTC Region Responsible Organizations/Action Plans 1. NYMTC – Complete the South Brooklyn Transportation Improvement Study (TIS). 2. NYMTC, NYSDOT, NYCDOT and PANYNJ – Conduct a multi-corridor feasibility study of strategies for improving air cargo access to JFK and adjacent industrial areas. Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 5-52
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