STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.\u2014 Gov. Kathy Hochul says that New York state will be investing an \u201cunprecedented\u201d amount of money on road improvements, including several on Staten Island.<\/p>\n
Hochul recently announced that the state Department of Transportation would invest $600 million across 180 separate projects on New York\u2019s roads, all to be completed in 2026.<\/p>\n
In total, the projects will cover around 2,150 miles of lanes across the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs someone who has ridden on virtually every mile of every state road across New York, I know firsthand every curve and every pothole, and next year we will be making an unprecedented investment to improve state roads across New York,\u201d Hochul said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Yorkers will be seeing crews out there like never before next year, rejuvenating highways, enhancing the safety of the traveling public, and laying a solid foundation for economic development across the Empire State.\u201d<\/p>\n
A total of $78.9 million will be set aside for the New York City region, with approximately $8.3 million earmarked for resurfacing projects in the borough. <\/p>\n
The resurfacing projects on Staten Island include:<\/p>\n
Type of Project
\n Location<\/p>\n
Entrance Ramp
\n Arthur Kill Road to the West Shore Expressway, heading towards the Staten Island Expressway<\/p>\n
Entrance Ramp
\n West Shore Expressway\/Korean War Veterans Parkway to the park and ride facility<\/p>\n
Entrance Ramp
\n Korean War Veterans Parkway, heading towards Pleasant Plains, to the park and ride facility<\/p>\n
Entrance Ramp
\n Trantor Place, near Forest Avenue, to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards New Jersey<\/p>\n
Entrance Ramp
\n Victory Boulevard to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards New Jersey<\/p>\n
Entrance Ramp
\n Staten Island Expressway, heading towards New Jersey, to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards New Jersey<\/p>\n
Entrance Ramp
\n Willow Road West, near Forest Avenue, to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards the Staten Island Expressway<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n Staten Island Expressway, heading towards Brooklyn, to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards New Jersey<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards New Jersey, to the Staten Island Expressway, heading towards New Jersey<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards New Jersey, to Willow Road East, near Forest Avenue<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n West Shore Expressway, heading towards the Staten Island Expressway, to Arthur Kill Road<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards the Staten Island Expressway, to the Staten Island Expressway, heading towards Brooklyn<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards the Staten Island Expressway, to Victory Boulevard<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards the Staten Island Expressway, to the Staten Island Expressway, heading towards New Jersey<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, heading towards the Staten Island Expressway, to Willow Road West<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n West Shore Expressway, heading towards New Jersey, to the Korean War Veterans Parkway, heading towards Greenridge<\/p>\n
Exit Ramp
\n West Shore Expressway Park and Ride Facility to the Korean War Veterans Parkway, heading towards Greenridge<\/p>\n
Expressway
\n Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway, from Victory Boulevard to Dixon Avenue<\/p>\n
In addition to the projects on Staten Island, major infrastructure across New York City will be improved under the plan, including:<\/p>\n
$4 million to resurface the eastbound Jackie Robinson Parkway, between Central Avenue and Grand Central Parkway in Queens.$13.7 million to resurface Ocean Parkway, from Church Avenue to Murdock Court in Brooklyn.$8.6 million to rehabilitate the eastbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, from President Street to Amity Street in Brooklyn. $5.8 million to rehabilitate the westbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, from Amity Street to President Street Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
A full list of the paving projects can be found online<\/a> from the New York State Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n (Generative AI was used to organize some of the information for this story, based on data provided by New York state. It was reviewed and edited by the Staten Island Advance.)<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.\u2014 Gov. Kathy Hochul says that New York state will be investing an \u201cunprecedented\u201d amount of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-19629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}