Briarcliff Manor Calls For NYS To Fund Route 9A Redesign

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY — Officials in the village of Briarcliff Manor are urging Governor Kathy Hochul and the state Assembly to fund a preliminary design for a new Route 9A.

Following the state Department of Transportation’s completion of a yearlong study and release of a report on Route 9A, the state Senate included $20 million for a preliminary design of the roadway in its version of the 2024-25 state budget.

Hochul and the Assembly have not included funding for it.

Briarcliff Manor Mayor Steven Vescio said he was grateful to Senators Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Pete Harckham for including the funding in the Senate’s version of the state budget.

“We cannot tolerate more delays when it comes to public safety, which is the number one goal of the state’s recently published engineering scoping study of this vital transportation corridor,” he said. “It is time for the rest of our state leadership to do their part to ensure that this critical project advances.”

Officials in the village are asking the public to reach out to their state representatives and remind them that this road urgently needs modernization. The note can be found and sent from here.

Route 9A connects the Saw Mill River Parkway, Taconic State Parkway and Route 100 in Hawthorne to Route 9 in Ossining. Although the roadway has retained the low-clearance, stone arch overpasses and limited sight lines of a traditional parkway, it does not have any commercial traffic restrictions typically associated with parkways.

The stated design goals for a new Route 9A will, according to officials, support safe, efficient, reliable and environmentally sound movement of people and goods, minimizing diversions to secondary roadways while maintaining its aesthetic values. Regional and local trips will enjoy a modern, sustainable and well-maintained facility that promotes strong community cohesion and accommodates all roadway users including pedestrians and bicyclists traversing the corridor.