Residents of the village of Fayetteville and Onondaga County had another opportunity Wednesday to ask questions about the Interstate 81 viaduct project.
State Department of Transportation (DOT) representatives were on hand to discuss the proposed project, which would remove existing elevated structures dividing the city of Syracuse with a community grid that would disburse traffic along North and South streets.
Officials said the meeting was also about sharing the potential benefits of the project. They say it will ease traffic congestion along Routes 5 and 92 in relation to the 4-81 Exit.
The DOT says it will re-time the signals to create better traffic flow, as well as add an additional lane going onto 92 eastbound through the Linden Corners intersection.
One person who spoke at the meeting said he was skeptical.
“You still have to deal with single-lane highways that lead into it,” said Craig Dudczak of Fayetteville. “Travel times are substantially reduced, certainly not the way the project assumes they are.”
Another I-81 meeting will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in Dr. King Elementary School on Raynor Avenue in Syracuse.
