Mr. McElroy said that after condemnation proceedings were completed, the authority would go to court to obtain a title to the property.
It can take six weeks to complete the local authority's assessment process.
While the project started under the eyes of NYSDOT and EPHA, when the new parkway was complete, the East Hudson Parkway Authority had been disestablished in 1979 and control of the Sprain Brook had been turned back to NYSDOT.
While the Atlantic City Expressway was completed by the authority in 1965, the Cape May Expressway was turned over to the state about this time.
Barring an emergency, repair work is never completed by the authority during the morning rush hour, in an attempt to spare commuters nightmarish delays.
But bit by bit, a handful of Bronx detectives got the two to make a significant shift: from total denial of any involvement in the crime to complete admission, the authorities said in interviews on Wednesday.
But moderate Israeli politicians have cautioned that the complete collapse of the authority could result in an even greater chaos in Palestinian areas, which could spill over into Israel.
However, it said due to "insufficient time to complete the works" the authority had to return the cash to the HCA.
Summaries of interviews completed by the authorities were given to lawyers in March 2004 by the Manhattan district attorney's office, which has been collecting new evidence for several years.
The unanimous decision by a three-person appeals panel overturned an earlier decision by the system arbitrator Stephen Burbank that said Goodell had the complete authority to impose the suspensions.
