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Westchester's $800,000 plan to prevent Bronx River flooding moves ahead

Traffic moves on the Bronx River Parkway's southbound

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | Traffic moves on the Bronx River Parkway's southbound direction in White Plains. Construction on the Crane Road Bridge replacement project will close northbound lanes from the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers to the County Center in White Plains on Monday and Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (May 17, 2013)

An $800,000 solution to chronic flooding of the Bronx River in Greenburgh is moving through the legislative process with high hopes of starting remediation by mid-2013.

As the first step in a $9 million plan to deal with flooding problems on both the river and Sound Shore, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino has proposed legislation for an $800,000 bond issue that would fund the initial...

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