Syracuse, N.Y. - In a new report, New York transportation officials have recommended that a tunnel or depressed highway should be eliminated from further study for fixing Interstate 81. Yet the state's transportation commissioner, Joan McDonald, has told one local lawmaker that no options have been taken off the table. "It's very confusing," said Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli, D-Syracuse, who spoke directly with transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald by phone last week in Albany. "She again was making it clear to me that other options would be considered." The mixed messages are the latest development in the future of Interstate 81. An elevated portion that runs through Syracuse will reach...
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