Region's Transportation Recovering From Ida

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The region's transportation systems are slowly recovering from the record rainfall that post-tropical cyclone Ida dumped across the region.

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Westchester police report disabled and abandoned vehicles are being removed from the county's parkways. As of 7:24 a.m.:

• The Bronx River Parkway is still partially closed: Road closed southbound at Ardsley Road. The rest of the parkway has reopened.
• The Hutchinson River Parkway is open.
• The Saw Mill River Parkway is still flooded in spots. It is closed from Palmer Avenue to Lawrence Street both northbound and southbound. It is closed from Ashford Avenue to Route 119 northbound. It is closed from I-287 to Lawrence Street southbound.
• The Cross County Parkway and the Playland Parkway are open.

The New York State Thruway was reopened in Rockland Thursday afternoon.

As of Friday morning, work continued to clear local roads of debris. Major traffic arteries were mostly, according to 511NY.

Metro-North Railroad crews worked early Thursday morning and throughout the day to clear flooding and mudslide conditions, remove downed trees and debris across all three of its East-of-Hudson lines. Crews were able to clear more than 10 inches of water at two critical substations that allow Metro-North to run electric service in time for the morning.

On its east-of-Hudson lines, service on the Hudson Line, where damage was the most severe, remains suspended. Crews continue to work to clear mudslide and track washout conditions.

On the Harlem Line, crews eliminated high-water conditions along the line, in addition to clearing debris from a collapsed wall at the Williams Bridge station in the Bronx.

On the New Haven Line, high water and mudslide conditions were most prevalent between Rye and Norwalk. Crews were able to clear debris, water and mud from tracks, and inspect and test switches, signals and power.

Trains on those two lines are operating on an enhanced weekend schedule.

On its West-of-Hudson lines, crews were able to remove downed trees, and expect the Port Jervis Line to run a normal weekday schedule. Service on the Pascack Valley Line will remain suspended.

Crews will also continue clean-up efforts on the New Canaan and Danbury branches, where service was not back on Friday morning. Substitute bus service on the Waterbury Branch associated with ongoing infrastructure work will resume.

“Our crews made extraordinary progress over the last 24 hours in extremely difficult conditions following unprecedented rainfall throughout the region,” Catherine Rinaldi, President of MTA Metro-North Railroad, said Thursday night. “Thanks to their work through the night and day we are able to restore train service on the Harlem and New Haven lines, and they continue to work tirelessly so we can restore full service as soon as possible. I cannot thank our crew members enough for the heroic work they have been doing and will continue to do.”

Metro-North will cross-honor tickets between the Hudson and Harlem Lines and waiving the surcharge for on-board fares. Metro-North also expects to run shuttle service between Grand Central and Yankee Stadium for the game at 7:05 p.m.

The North End Access at Grand Central Terminal was expected to reopen at 6:30 a.m.

In Westchester, Bee-Line Buses and Para-Transit service now running on or close to schedule. Note the detour updates:

• Route 1 remains on detour on Warburton Avenue from Ashburton Avenue to Main Street in Hastings in both directions; buses using North Broadway.
• Route 1W S/B is back to regular route on White Plains Road at Benedict Avenue.
• Route 5 is back to regular route.
• Route 6 is back to regular route.
• Route 8 is back to regular route.
• Route 9 remains on detour at Executive Boulevard and Odell Avenue, buses using Bolmer Avenue to Cross Hill Avenue.
• Route 13 is back to regular route.
• Route 14 is back to regular route at Saw Mill River Road and Hunter Lane in Elmsford.
• Routes 40 & 41 remain on detour at Hillside Avenue, buses using Tarrytown Road to Knollwood Avenue in both directions.
• Route 45 is back to regular route on Shore Road between Wayman Avenue and Pelham Subway Station.
• Route 45Q is back to regular route.

For service alerts and bus schedules visit www.westchestergov.com/beelinebus