A plan to reconfigure the Riverside traffic circle that had recently been delayed until 2018 is back on track to be done next year.

The 2016-2018 capital budget had not only increased the cost of the project from $4 million to $5.5 million, but also pushed funding for the construction back two years.

Legislator Jay Schneiderman confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that he secured the votes necessary in the capital budget’s “working group” — a committee of nine legislators — to get $4 million in funding for the project next year. He said Legislators Kara Hahn, Kate Browning, Monica Martinez and Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory all voted in favor of restoring the funding — though he wasn’t sure he had the...| read more ››