Bronx Business and Community Groups United in Call for Ramps from the Bruckner to Hunts Point

Hunts Point businesses and South Bronx community groups held a press conference calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to move forward with the construction of direct access ramps from the Bruckner Expressway to the Hunts Point peninsula. The peninsula is home to the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center and hundreds of other businesses. With no direct connection to any highway, the 15,000 daily truck trips associated with these businesses must use neighborhood streets to enter and exit the peninsula, causing health and safety issues for residents, aggravation for truck drivers and lost productivity for local businesses. The seven groups comprising the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance called the press conference and were joined by representatives of Jetro Cash and Carry, Down East Seafood, Il Forno Bakery, Baldor Specialty Foods and Assemblyman Marcos Crespo.