the situation from a command center and made decisions jointly. However, the Sunday of Labor Day weekend in 2006 also led to some legendary snarling, since bad weather abated just in time for back-to-school sales and roads backed up: U.S. Route 6 was bumper-to-bumper all the way to Palisades Interstate Parkway and the Thruway was backed up 15 miles (24 km) north to Newburgh. Officials called on the state to build a Route 32 exit ramp that lets southbound drivers reach the Thruway without turning left and blocking traffic. It was reported afterwards that New York's Department of Transportation had accelerated the process of designing such a connection. On Black Friday 2007, Woodbury Common held its second annual Midnight Madness attracting more shoppers than the roads could handle. Traffic at one time was held up for on the New York State Thruway. Expansion plans In 2011 the mall announced a proposed $100 million expansion plan that would include a three-level parking garage, of additional retail space, new store facades and improvements to traffic flow within the mall, its first major expansion since 1997. It estimates that the project would create 400 construction jobs and 350–400 permanent ones at the new stores. Work would be coordinated with improvements to the Thruway interchange scheduled to begin at that time, and take three years to complete. The state-of-the-art parking deck opened in August 2015. The deck is configured with a system of red and green lights, essentially pointing drivers to available spaces within the deck, or, alternately, directing them to other levels. See also Kiryas Joel murder conspiracy – a plot connected to Woodbury Commons References External links Main site Shopping malls in New York (state) Outlet malls in the United States Tourist attractions in Orange County, New York Shopping malls established in 1985 Premium Outlets Shopping malls in the New York metropolitan area 1985 establishments in New York (state)