Assembly supports Rooftop Highway

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source: rr news

Jun. 18ALBANY The state Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution supporting the construction of a four-lane Interstate 98, the so-called Rooftop Highway.

The sponsor of the bill, Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell, D-Theresa, said a highway connecting Watertown and Plattsburgh through Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Lewis, Franklin and Clinton counties would improve safety, as well as reduce transportation costs and travel times, helping to entice businesses.

"The advancement of Interstate 98 will stop the hemorrhaging of local manufacturing and tourist jobs and help to finally eradicate the poverty cycle that has afflicted the north country region for generations," Massena Business Development Corporation Director Jason A. Clark said. "This legislative action should serve as a call for New York state to work with the Federal Highway Administration to finally make this project a reality."