HTN: Health Threat at Grand Island Bridges?

The Department of Environmental Conservation has found that benzene levels at the south Grand Island bridges are 100 times greater than what the state considers a risk level. The carcinogen is being released by vehicles idling on the bridge, waiting to pay their tolls. A resolution, which calls the tolls "a major health risk," was passed Thursday to support their removal. Legislators will appeal to Governor Paterson to use funds from the recently passed 787-billion-dollar federal stimulus package to pay for the removal of the toll barriers.