Fall 2003, p.8 Mayor's Verrazano Vision On the October 3rd
broadcast of his weekly radio show, Mayor Bloomberg said that
people should be able to walk and bike across the Verrazano-
Narrows Bridge, and that he is pushing the MTA to recognize the
importance of building a bicycle and pedestrian path on the
bridge. Unfortunately, the mayor failed to mention how to fund
this project. A 1997 NYC Department of City Planning study
estimated that it would cost $30 to $40 million to build a new
biking and walking path across the Verrazano. Opened in 1964,
and connecting Staten Island and South Brooklyn, the 9,100 foot
long suspension bridge (the second longest in the world) has
never had a bicycle and pedestrian path. © 1997-2009
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