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From
AM-NY:
The Hugh L. Carey and Queens Midtown tunnels are getting $336 million of repairs from federal superstorm Sandy aid, officials announced Thursday.
The money for the MTA from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will go toward fixing architectural, mechanical and electrical parts and temporary flood walls at entrances, and elevating key equipment, according to federal officials.
The aid will also cover an emergency generator at the Governors Island ventilation building near the Carey (Brooklyn Battery) tunnel. The tunnels, which together see more than 100,000 cars a day, were flooded with about 80 million gallons of water during Sandy.
From
CBS 2:
The Bloomberg Administration wants to rename the span over the East River after former Mayor Ed Koch.
The name change requires approval by the City Council and Speaker Christine Quinn told the New York Times that she supports it.
The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel will also get a new name. State lawmakers voted Tuesday to rename it after former Governor Hugh Carey.
From the
NY Post:
The ride across MTA bridges will soon be faster -- but police aren't sure it'll be safer.
Law-enforcement officials are concerned that the agency's plan for no-stop tolls at its nine bridges and tunnels will eliminate a "natural roadblock" for drunken drivers, toll-beaters and even terrorists.
"There is a drastic impact from [a] law-enforcement perspective," one police source told The Post. "This will eliminate all the good, the gains that were made since 9/11."
Officers make an average of 1,800 arrests at the crossings every year, the source said, with nearly all coming at a toll plaza, where even vehicles equipped with E-ZPass have to slow down and wait for a gate.
That helps police determine if a driver is suspicious, and makes stopping vehicles easier.
