He won\u2019t leave it B-QE.<\/p>\n
A crumbling section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway<\/a> will finally be fixed under a $4 billion plan unveiled by Zohran Mamdani on Monday \u2014 the latest pitch to tackle a dangerous problem that has long bedeviled New York City mayors.<\/p>\n Groundbreaking won\u2019t happen until at least 2030, but the plan would rebuild the expressway\u2019s troubled stacked roadways \u2014 known as the \u201ctriple-cantilever\u201d \u2014 rather than demolish them completely, as proposed by some long-frustrated New Yorkers<\/a>, officials said.<\/p>\n A temporary highway running along Brooklyn Bridge Park will be built to avoid\u00a0sending tens of thousands of cars onto local roads as crews complete the fixes, which are set to take about 10 years, Mamdani said in one of his signature slick social media videos<\/a>.<\/p>\n The city will fix the crumbling BQE by 2040 under a plan unveiled by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. X\/@NYCMayor<\/p>\n \u201cThis will extend the life of the BQE for another 40 years,\u201d he said. \u201cThis plan allows us to safely fix the current problem, without slowing our city down and wasting decades more waiting while the BQE continues to get worse.\u201d<\/p>\n New Yorkers have heard mayors promise they\u2019d fix the BQE before.<\/p>\n Former Mayors Bill de Blasio<\/a> and Eric Adams both fielded and pitched various plans to address the deteriorating cantilever section \u2014 part of a 1.5-mile stretch of the BQE near Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street in Brooklyn that\u2019s solely under the city\u2019s control.<\/p>\n The plan would build a temporary highway along Brooklyn Bridge Park. X\/@NYCMayor<\/p>\n But the myriad proposals all fizzled, notably de Blasio\u2019s 2018 idea to temporarily divert traffic through the Brooklyn Heights Promenade<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hoity-toity Brooklyn Heights residents wary of losing their beloved promenade for six years helped scuttle the plan, forcing de Blasio to backpedal when he announced another project three years later focused on \u201cpreservation.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n