News 12 | Brooklyn | Mayor Mamdani Announces Fixes Repairs Coming To City Owned Section Of The Brooklyn Queens Expressway<\/a><\/p>\nA proposal suggests building temporary roadways, or bypasses, while construction is being done to avoid traffic on local streets, as the city says about 130,000 cars go on the BQE every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a great, splendid idea what they\u2019re doing. So nothing stops, everything keeps flowing and the work continues,” said Bryan Edwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds scary. I wouldn\u2019t do it. I wouldn’t take that road. I’m not taking a built road that’s just built recently. We don’t even know how long it’s going to last. No, I wouldn’t do it,” said Lori Moorehead.<\/p>\n
The proposal suggests construction would be from 2029-2040 and the building and dismantling of the temporary bypasses would coincide with that. <\/p>\n
\u201cI have concerns because construction in NYC is forever. They start it, we don\u2019t have the funds and then we\u2019re stuck,” said Moorehead.<\/p>\n
Catherine Harris says the repairs are the primary concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely needs the repairs. I’ve been driving for 45 years. They’ve been repairing the BQE since I got my license. It’s been a while. We need something done. It looks really bad,” said Harris.<\/p>\n
The plan is not finalized. A spokesperson with the NYC DOT tells News 12 engineers are continually refining plans and planning is still in progress.<\/p>\n
To learn more, you can register for an upcoming Q & A session on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n
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