Riders on Metro-North’s Hudson Line will see some schedule changes July 13 because of track work. Temporary changes that had been in effect since April 5 will end.

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Here’s a statement from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday’s horrific Metro train crash in Washington D.C.:

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People who ride the Pascack Valley line on weekends can hop on express trains starting July 12.

Metro-North Railroad said the new expresses will leave Spring Valley for Hoboken at 9:27 a.m. and 11:37 a.m., saving riders 23 minutes from the current trip.

There will be two express departures from Hoboken to Spring Valley at 3:20 p.m. and 7:22 p.m.

In addition to Spring Valley, trains on NJ Transit’s 31-mile Pascack Valley line stop in Nanuet and Pearl River. They will no longer stop in New Jersey except at Secaucus Junction and Hoboken.

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Severe thunderstorms are causing havoc and flooding in northern New Jersey.

As a result, there will be only bus service tonight on Pascack Valley line between Oradell and Spring Valley.

UPDATED AT 5:37 p.m.: PVL service is temporarily suspended at Emerson due to severe flooding. A bus bridge is being established between Westwood and Oradell stations.

Commuters heading home on NJ Transit’s Pascack Valley line are experiencing to 30 to 60 minute delays in both directions due to flooding, the transit agency reported shortly after 5 p.m.

The problem is due to flooding in Emerson.

NJ Transit bus 165 and Red & Tan Coaches are cross-honoring tickets from Port Authority Bus Terminal.

The team in charge of replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge today said it wants to create a new committee to get input from Rockland and Westchester residents about how to pay for the $16 billion project.

There is currently no funding in place for the project, which has three components: a new bridge ($6.4 billion); a 30-mile high-speed bus network from Suffern to Port Chester ($2.9 billion); an east-west rail line from Suffern to Tarrytown, where it would link up with Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson line, providing a direct ride from Rockland into Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan ($6.7 billion).

State officials have said it will likely be funded through a combination of public and private funds.

The citizens committee on finance will be formed this month, making it the fifth Stakeholder Advisory Working Group to work with the project team. The other four have had their own focus — bridge design, environment, traffic-transit and land use — and been in place for almost two years.

“Throughout the project development process ahead, we will continue to engage the public,” acting state Department of Transportation Commissioner Stanley Gee said in a press release. “The new Stakeholder Advisory Working Group on Finance is yet another way we are reaching out to local communities, providing public feedback and incorporating public input as the project goes forward.”

The DOT, the project team’s lead agency, recently hired Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., of New York City to serve as the project’s financial advisor.

The project team, made up of the DOT, state Thruway Authority and Metro-North Railroad, today also released the “Scoping Summary Report,” which finalizes last year’s recommendations and encompasses public comments that were received last year. This formally marks the start of the Draft Environmental Impact Study phase, which will involve detailed environmental analysis.

The 236-page summary report is available at http://tzbsite.com/.

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