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WPCNR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. From the Carhart Neighborhood Association  July 30,2012 UPDATED WITH PICTURE OF SITE:

On July 17^th the Planning Board voted to recommend to the Common Council that they issue a special use permit and approve site plans for Sunrise Detox Center to operate a 31-33 bed facility at 37 De Kalb Avenue (the former site of the Nathan Miller nursing home) (below).

The proposed drug and alcohol detox center would be located in a quiet residential neighborhood with several elementary school bus stops within a few blocks including one on the same corner. There is also a special education day program at St. Matthew’s church two blocks away servicing developmentally disabled individuals.

There are also several liquor stores and drug stores within a short walk of the proposed site.

Fears over safety concerns have been fueled by reported police logs of assaults (including sexual) as well as several missing persons at the two existing Sunrise detox facilities in Florida and New Jersey.

This issue will come before the White Plains Common Council at their next meeting on Monday August 6^th and all concerned citizens are urged to appear at 6:30 PM at the Municipal Building 255 Main Street- 2^nd Floor to voice their opposition to this project.

In conjunction with an extensive White Plains wide petition drive, there is an online petition available at www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-detox.

A Public Hearing on this matter will most probably be set for the September 4  Common Council meeting, (not September 10, as previously stated).

For additional information, please contact the Carhart Neighborhood Association at [email protected]

WPCNR TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE NEWS. Special to WPCNR From the New York State Thruway Authority. July 27, 2012:

 At 5:30 P.M. Friday afternoon, Brian Conybeare, Special Advisor the Governor on the New Tappan Zee Bridge, issued this statement:

“Today the Thruway Authority received three proposals for building a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee. The proposals comprise more than 70 boxes and an estimated 750,000 pages. The submitted bids are from the following teams:

Kiewit-Skanska-Weeks Joint Venture

(Kiewit Infrastructure Co., Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc., and Weeks Marine, Inc.)

Tappan Zee Bridge Partners, a Bechtel/Tutor Perini Joint Venture

(Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation and Tutor Perini Corporation)

Tappan Zee Constructors

(Fluor Enterprises, Inc., American Bridge Company, Granite Construction Northeast, Inc., and Traylor Bros., Inc.)

The first stage involves reviewing the proposals for completeness and compliance before the proposals are deemed accepted for substantive selection review, a process expected to take four weeks given the massive volume of material. Additional information regarding the selection process that will begin in four weeks will be available next week, and the process will be open and transparent as federal procurement law will allow.”