CENTRAL VALLEY – The state Department of Transportation is focused on acquiring the necessary property and easements to pursue the $115 million reconfiguration of Route 17’s Exit 131."This is where we have to concentrate if we’re going to start construction in 2018-19," said Todd Westhuis, the DOT’s regional director in the Hudson Valley.The DOT estimates the project – located amid shopping centers, park-and-rides and schools at the [...]