on february 17, 1927, the board of estimate adopted the final plans for the highway, setting a hearing date of march 24. it was split into two sections, section one went from canal street to 59th street. section two was to carry the road over the nycrr's 60th street yard from 59th street to 72nd street. section two was approved by the board of estimate on august 16, 1928; section one was postponed until september 27 due to objections. on october 18, the board of estimate approved section one. the highway was advocated by most business interests, including the downtown league, the fifth avenue association, the west end association, and eleven other organizations. they cited increasing traffic and the need of a bypass route to support the highway, which would cost little in comparison to its benefits. miller spoke at a meeting of the market and business men's association of the greenwich and chelsea districts on october 30, 1928, detailing plans for the highway. it was announced that between 90 and 100 meat and poultry dealers in the west washington market and the gansevoort market would be evicted to make way for the highway.