Contact: Eileen Peters, (631) 952-6632
Release Date: August 01, 2014
NYSDOT: LIE Repaving in Western Nassau Completed
Four Miles of New Pavement Improves Safety for More Than 200,000 Drivers Each Day
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Joan McDonald today announced the repaving of more than four miles of the Long Island Expressway (LIE/I-495) in Western Nassau County is now complete. The $9.5 million project between the Nassau/Queens line and Willis Avenue/Exit 37 in Roslyn Heights improves the safety of more than 200,000 drivers who use this section of the LIE each day. Resurfacing of an additional ten miles between Willis Avenue/Exit 37 and Sunnyside Boulevard/Exit 46 is scheduled to begin this fall under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $100 million program to expedite the repair of more than 100 miles of Long Island roadways that were ravaged by storms last winter. "Millions of Long Island motorists will now enjoy a smoother, safer ride on one of the busiest roadways in New York," Commissioner McDonald said. "And we are proud that thanks to the goals of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Driver’s First initiative that prioritizes the needs of motorists, this multi-million road improvement project was accomplished with minimal travel disruptions while most daily commuters were sleeping." Construction was performed in stages on shorter sections of the LIE and during off-peak, night time hours and one direction of the LIE remained opened at all times. Drivers were warned in advance of the closures via NYSDOT’s INFORM traffic management electronic signs and those motorists who could not use alternate routes were detoured to the LIE north or south services roads where traffic signal timing was adjusted to maximize the flow of detoured traffic. The project involved removing the worn top layer of pavement from over four miles of all eastbound and westbound LIE main line travel lanes, making needed base repairs and then resurfacing the roadway with new asphalt overlay. Construction included providing new pavement markings, audible roadway delineations to help prevent off-road drifting, and replacement of vehicle detectors and traffic loops to help alert the public about current LIE traveling conditions via the INFORM transportation management center (TMC). ###
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