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Greenburgh planning board backs letter supporting $1.6M design request for Route 119 bike path
Summary
The Town of Greenburgh Planning Board voted to send a letter of support for the town's 2025 RAISE grant application seeking $1.6 million in design funding for a 2.3‑mile bike path along Route 119; staff said construction is expected to cost roughly $12–$18 million and will involve regional partners and NYSDOT.
The Town of Greenburgh Planning Board on Nov. 20 approved sending a letter to the New York State Department of Transportation backing the town’s 2025 RAISE grant application for a 2.3‑mile bicycle and shared‑use facility along Route 119.
Aaron Schmidt, deputy commissioner with the planning department, told the board the town seeks $1,600,000 for design funding to connect the Mary O’Connell shared‑use path to the Empire State Trail. “We did review this initially … and we were hoping for the planning board support this evening,” Schmidt said, presenting a draft letter circulated by Commissioner Duquesne.
Board members asked whether the request covers design only; Gary Gaine, speaking during the Q&A, said the grant request is for “soft cost design, surveying, cost‑benefit analysis … everything to get that project shovel‑ready.” Staff told the board that earlier feedback from a 2024 application was incorporated into the 2025 submittal.
Schmidt and others described the likely construction cost as an order of magnitude larger—roughly $12 million to $18 million—and said the project will involve three jurisdictions (the Town of Greenburgh, the villages of Ellsworth and Tarrytown) and coordination with the New York State DOT and Westchester County. The planning board voted, without recorded opposition, to approve sending the town’s updated letter of support to NYSDOT.
Next steps: staff will finalize the letter and transmit it to NYSDOT with supporting materials for the town’s 2025 application; securing federal or state construction funds would be a later phase if the town receives design funding.
