Senate Passes Fahy Bill Directing NYSDOT to Study Transformation of Albany’s Uptown Parking Lot District
ALBANY, N.Y. – Senator Patricia Fahy (D—Albany) announced today the passage of legislation (S.4849 Fahy) she introduced requiring the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to conduct a traffic and planning study to determine the feasibility of transforming the eastern end of Albany’s Uptown Parking Lot District, the Harriman State Office Campus, in connection with the relocation of the Wadsworth Laboratory.
The $1.7 billion Wadsworth Laboratory consolidation project has the potential to serve as the key spark in leveraging more science and research investment in the Capital Region, investments that should be located within a transformed eastern Harriman Campus and fully integrated with the City of Albany.
In order to fully realize the potential of this investment, there is a need that an updated traffic and planning study to be commissioned to help transform the Eastern end of the Harriman Campus to help better connect and integrate the campus and the overall project into the City of Albany, while gaining additional acreage for mixed-use development, green space, and multi-modal transportation.
This legislation intends to ensure a 21st Century-economic development approach that will foster the growth of the regional economy and better integrate the surrounding community on the Harriman Campus.
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