The Nation - News from Aug. 8, 1985
A federal judge in New York banned construction of the multibillion-dollar Westway highway and redevelopment project for Manhattan’s West Side and harshly criticized the agencies that approved it. U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Griesa, who three years ago ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider Westway’s environmental impact, said the Corps’ conclusion last year that Westway would have only minor effects on the Hudson River’s striped bass population was “arbitrary and without reasonable basis.” Gov. Mario M. Cuomo said the decision would be appealed, but it was a major victory for the coalition of environmental groups.
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