Cuomo Announces $67M for Bike/Ped Projects, Including Pulaski Bridge

[Editor’s note: Streetsblog will not be publishing Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.] 

Via the Tri-State Transportation Campaign: Earlier this week Governor Andrew Cuomo announced $67 million in funding for walking and biking infrastructure statewide, after advocates had pressed the state to follow through on the recently passed complete streets law with actual resources.  These are federal funds that will be distributed by the state DOT. 

One of the local projects that will receive funding is the protected two-way bike lane on the Pulaski Bridge, which will double the amount of space for walking and biking on this increasingly well-used connection between Queens and Brooklyn.  The state contribution is $2.5 million, with the remaining $625,000 provided by the city. 

NYC DOT revealed the design for the bikeway in December, and Assembly Member Joe Lentol, who has fought for the project since 2012, sent out a press release today with the news that Brooklyn Community Board 1 voted in favor of the plan earlier this week.  Lentol says work on the project should begin once the weather warms up and construction season resumes.  Here’s his full release: