$75m Staten Island railway puts waste management plan on track.The Staten Island Railroad, an eight-mile railway that will connect Staten Island to the national rail freight network was re-activated this week. The $75 million project, a joint venture between New York City Economic Development Corporation Overview New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is a non-profit local development corporation that promotes economic growth across New York City's five boroughs. and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, self-sustaining public corporation established in 1921 by the states of New York and New Jersey to administer the activities of the New York–New Jersey port area, which has a waterfront of c. (PANYNJ PANYNJ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ), is a key component of the City's historic Solid Waste Management Plan. The reactivation reactivation to become active after a period of quiescence or, as in bacterial and viral infections, latency. cross reactivation created more than 780 construction jobs and will result in 330 new permanent jobs. It will be a major boost to the Staten Island economy by providing much needed direct rail access to the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Container Terminal at Howland Hook, several of Staten Island's largest businesses, including Pratt Industries) and VanBro Corporation, and other industrial businesses on the Travis Branch Line, which runs along Staten Island's western shore. By connecting to the Staten Island Transfer Station, the Railroad will allow Staten Island's solid waste to be transported by train rather than truck, a defining feature of the Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP SWMP Solid Waste Management Plan SWMP Storm Water Management Plan SWMP Site Waste Management Plan SWMP Storm Water Management Program SWMP System Wide Monitoring Program SWMP Stormwater Monitoring Program SWMP Storm Water Management Pond ). In total, the project will reduce truck traffic on Staten Island by more than 100,000 trips per year. "The reactivation of the Staten Island Railroad creates tremendous economic development opportunities while providing a means to transport Staten Island's waste by rail instead of truck, a hallmark of our Solid Waste Management Plan," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who officially opened the line. "In addition to providing a connection from the Staten Island Transfer Station to the national rail grid, the railroad will also serve our largest container terminal as well as several key Staten Island businesses, resulting in 100,000 fewer truck trips on Staten Island each year." |
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