{"id":146986,"date":"2026-02-27T03:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146986\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T03:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:47:48","slug":"bronx-advocates-urge-mamdani-to-restart-tremont-avenue-busway-project-as-alternative-to-state-cross-bronx-plan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146986\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx advocates urge Mamdani to restart Tremont Avenue busway project as alternative to state Cross Bronx plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Advocates with the Stop the Cross Bronx Expansion Coalition rallied at the Bronx River Art Center on Wednesday, urging Mayor Zohran Mamdan<\/a>i\u2019s administration to \u201cfast-track\u201d restarting a stalled bus lane project on Tremont Avenue as an alternative to the state\u2019s plan to repair the Cross Bronx Expressway.<\/a><\/p>\n

Siddhartha S\u00e1nchez, executive director of the Bronx River Alliance, charged that Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a>\u2018s Department of Transportation\u2019s plan to widen the expressway\u2019s shoulders would \u201conly deepen the very damage\u201d that the highway has already inflicted on the Boogie Down. Widening the highway\u2019s shoulders, advocates argue, could open the door to eventually adding more traffic lanes to the already heavily congested and polluting road, which cuts through the center of the Bronx.<\/p>\n


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\n\t\tBronx advocates urge Mamdani to restart Tremont Avenue busway project as alternative to state Cross Bronx plan \n\t<\/p>\n


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