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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
OF THE RECORD OF DECISION /
FINDINGS STATEMENT,
FINAL DESIGN REPORT / FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
AND
NOTICE OF DESIGN APPROVAL
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NO. X735.82
VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY CAPACITY AND
ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO JFK AIRPORT
PROJECT, QUEENS, NY
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT),
in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
has prepared a Final Design Report/Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FDR/FEIS) and Joint National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)/State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Record
of Decision (ROD) and SEQRA Findings Statement (Joint ROD
and Findings Statement), signed and dated August 13, 2019 and
August 14, 2019, for the Van Wyck Expressway Capacity and Access
Improvements to JFK Airport Project. The documents were prepared
in accordance with the requirements of the Council on Environmental
Quality regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the
NEPA (40 CFR Part 1500-1508), the FHWA Environmental Impact and
Related Procedures; Final Rule (23 CFR Part 771), and the NYSDOT
Procedures for Implementation of the State Environmental Quality
Review Act at 17 New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations Part 15.
The selected alternative will provide increased capacity on the Van
Wyck Expressway (VWE) between the Kew Gardens Interchange
(KGI) and JFK Airport to improve vehicular access to and from JFK
Airport. In addition, the selected alternative will address operational,
geometric, and structural deficiencies on the VWE between the KGI
and JFK Airport.
The FHWA approved the NYSDOT’s request for design approval
of the Project on August 15, 2019. Design approval constitutes the
NYSDOT’s final decision to proceed with construction of the Project,
and is based in part on the FDR/FEIS and Joint ROD and Findings
Statement.
The FDR/FEIS and Joint ROD and Findings Statement are available
online at: https://www.dot.ny.gov/VWE and during business hours
at the following repositories:
• Queens Library at Briarwood, 85-12 Main Street, Briarwood, NY 11435
• Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432
• Queens Library at Richmond Hill, 118-14 Hillside Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY 11418
• Queens Library – Lefferts Branch, 103-34 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, NY 11419
• Queens Library at Ozone Park, 92-24 Rockaway Boulevard, Ozone Park, NY 11417
• Queens Community Board 6, 104-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375
• Queens Community Board 8, 197-15 Hillside Avenue, Hollis, NY 11423
• Queens Community Board 9, 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Room 310-A, Kew Gardens, NY 11424
• Queens Community Board 10, 115-01 Lefferts Boulevard, South Ozone Park, NY 11420
• Queens Community Board 12, 90-28 161st Street, Jamaica, NY 11432
• Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens, NY 11424
• Kew Gardens Community Center, 8002 Kew Gardens Road # 202, Jamaica, NY 11415
• South Jamaica Houses Community Center, 10904 160th Street, Jamaica, NY 11433
• St. Joseph Community Center, 108-30 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435
Flushing Cemetery has completed construction of the
Memorial Chapel Mausoleum
Families now have the options of inurnment of cremated remains and
crypt entombment as means of interment and memorialization.
It is with great pride and pleasure that
the Board of Trustees of Flushing Cemetery
Association announces
the opening of its newly constructed
Memorial Chapel Mausoleum.
The 75 acre countryside cemetery,
lovingly referred to as the
Wonderland of a Million Blooms,
has provided a beautiful resting place
for those who have passed on since 1853.
In addition to its nearly 3400 niches,
the Memorial Chapel Mausoleum
will provide Flushing Cemetery the ability,
for the fi rst time in its 165 year history,
to off er families the option of crypt
entombment in a community mausoleum.
General Manager John Helly stated,
“With cremation rates in New York expected to be
over 50% by the year 2022 and with many cemeteries
facing the reality of dwindling land acreage,
our new mausoleum, with its options of niches and
crypts, will allow Flushing Cemetery to serve the needs
of our community for decades to come”.
Those looking to inquire can call the cemetery offi ce at 718-359-0100
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