The proposed amendment will add Reimagining I-787 to the In Motion Plan’s project list.
CONTACT:
Capital Region Transportation Council
Sandra Misiewicz, AICP
info@capitalmpo.org| 518-458-2161
ALBANY, NY November 6, 2026 – The Planning Committee of the Capital Region Transportation Council (Transportation Council) released a proposed amendment to the metropolitan (regional) transportation plan, In Motion: The Plan to 2050, for public review. The amendment will add Reimagining I-787 to the Plan’s list of fiscally-constrained projects. This action indicates that a regionally significant capital project is expected to emerge out of the planning work currently underway by the year 2050. It also represents a demonstration of support by the Transportation Council, as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Capital Region, to a project with a planning level cost estimate of $1.5B.
While a preferred alternative has yet to be identified, the New York State Department of Transportation is expected to issue a Notice of Intent in 2027. A Notice of Intent formally announces the project and initiates the development of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a process that takes two years to complete.
The In Motion Plan amendment also includes an update to the I-890 Exit 4C Mobility and Quality of Life Improvement project listing. Schenectady County will be the project sponsor and a planning level cost estimate of $75-200M will be added to the plan.
Details regarding the amendment are available at www.inmotionplan.org. Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
- Complete a virtual comment form
- Email comments to info@capitalmpo.org
- Send comments via U.S. Postal Service to: Capital Region Transportation Council, 1 Park Place, Suite 101, Albany, NY 12205
- Fax comments to (518) 729-5764 or call (518) 458-2161
Comments are due by November 30, 2026. Following public review, the Transportation Council’s Policy Board will meet on December 4, 2026 to act on the amendment.
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About the Transportation Council The Capital Region Transportation Council is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the geographic area of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties (except the Town of Moreau and Village of South Glens Falls). The Transportation Council facilitates a transportation planning process as required by federal law and supported by federal funding.
The Transportation Council is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, its metropolitan transportation planning process on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or religion.
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