For immediate release: May 24, 2013
No Work Scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend
In observance of Memorial Day Weekend, Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC will not work on May 25, 26 or 27, 2013. The New York Thruway Authority and TZC, LLC would like to extend gratitude to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have sacrificed greatly to protect the freedom of this nation. When work resumes on Tuesday May 28, 2013, environmental monitors will continue to be installed in Rockland County. The first monitor readings from Rockland and Westchester are available online. The will monitors continually record noise, vibration and air quality for the duration of the project. All readings can be viewed at www.NewNYbridge.com.
Test Boring operations in the Hudson River will continue as will work on the temporary Westchester trestle. The trestle is a work platform that will support a crane for the construction of the new bridge. The 1,000-foot long platform reduces the amount of dredging required and allows crews to work from the water and not from the Westchester shoreline. Work on the Westchester trestle will include daytime pile driving to install the temporary foundation piles needed to support the platform. Pile driving will be limited to the hours between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Westchester:
Surveying work and soil sampling for the New NY Bridge Project will continue during the week of May 28. The work being performed in the shoulder area will require a temporary right lane closure on southbound I-87/I-287 between the toll plaza and Exit 9. The lane closure will be in place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.
Rockland:
Limited test-boring operations will continue on Thurway land under the existing bridge and just to the north at the proposed bridge locations. The work is scheduled to be conducted between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Surveying work and soil sampling performed in the shoulder area will require a lane closure in the right lane of southbound I-87/I-287 between the Rt. 9W Bridge and the current Tappan Zee Bridge structure. The lane closure will be in place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.