Thursday, January 31, 2013

Bayonne Bridge | SILive.com

Bayonne Bridge | SILive.comA container ship approaches the Bayonne Bridge. Container handling facilities lie west of the span. The road deck of the iconic bridge is too low to accommodate the new generation of cargo vessels. (Staten Island Advance).

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Monday, January 28, 2013

No need to rebuild the Bayonne Bridge (Commentary) | SILive.com

No need to rebuild the Bayonne Bridge (Commentary) | SILive.com: "The Bayonne Bridge, an almost perfectly engineered steel arch bridge, is one of the most beautiful in the harbor. Some port interests allege that the bridge is an obstacle to large container ships passing under it on the way to and from the ports in Newark, Elizabeth and Staten Island, but, in fact, the proposed raising of the bridge is New York and New Jersey’s “bridge to nowhere.”"

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Bayonne Bridge Raising & the Environmental Justice Impact | Eastern Environmental Law Center

Bayonne Bridge Raising & the Environmental Justice Impact | Eastern Environmental Law Center: "Plans are in place to raise the Bayonne Bridge 65 feet in order to allow the new generation of supersized Panamax ships to pass under it.  The U.S. Coast Guard is reviewing an application from the Port Authority for New York and New Jersey.  As such, the U.S. Coast Guard is conducting an environmental review of the proposed project under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”).  EELC has been closely monitoring this as well as other NY/NJ port developments on behalf of its client, the Coalition for Healthy Ports (the “Coalition”)."

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