{"id":87257,"date":"2026-01-02T12:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/87257\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:20:09","slug":"new-truck-routes-proposed-for-staten-island-4-key-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/87257\/","title":{"rendered":"New truck routes proposed for Staten Island: 4 key things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A proposal from the New York City Department of Transportation<\/a> could expand the presence of commercial trucks on Staten Island\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n

In total, 14 miles of new truck routes were proposed for the Island, with a majority being added on one road alone.<\/p>\n

Staten Island also represented the only borough in the city that did not have at least some truck route mileage removed under the proposed plan. <\/p>\n

Here are four takeaways that Staten Islanders should know about the proposed truck network changes.<\/p>\n

New roads added to truck network<\/p>\n

Most of the truck route miles added on Staten Island would be on the Korean War Veterans Parkway. According to the DOT report, this represents just under 75% of the additional truck miles on Staten Island.<\/p>\n

Beyond the Korean War Veterans Parkway, a portion of Veterans Road West, from Bloomingdale Road to the West Shore Expressway in Charleston, would be added.<\/p>\n

Also included in the proposal is West Service Road in Travis from Arden Avenue to the West Shore Expressway.<\/p>\n

The last addition would be the Hannah Street Bridge in Tompkinsville to connect truck routes on Bay Street and Front Street.<\/p>\n

Legislative changes<\/p>\n

The Korean War Veterans Parkway falls under the New York State Department of Transportation and typically restricts access for commercial vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the city Department of Transportation proposal, the agency is working with the state to get commercial vehicles approved for the Korean War Veterans Parkway.<\/p>\n

However, the city DOT anticipates \u201cthat a rule change will need to be passed separately to designate KWVP as a truck route,\u201d according to the proposal.<\/p>\n

When asked what changes were needed to make the parkway a truck route, a spokesperson from the state DOT issued the following statement: <\/p>\n

\u201cThe New York State Department of Transportation is working with the New York City Department of Transportation to examine the feasibility of designating the state-controlled Korean War Veterans Parkway as a certified truck route, including the need for any engineering or safety enhancements. This review is currently in its preliminary stages.\u201d <\/p>\n

Supporting industrial growth<\/p>\n

For each borough, the proposed truck routes are in areas that are experiencing a surge in commercial space and freight movement.<\/p>\n

Most of the new truck routes on Staten Island would be on the borough\u2019s West and South shores to serve the growing concentration of industrial use in those areas.<\/p>\n

The proposal said the new routes are in response to New York City\u2019s growing demand for e-commerce deliveries and named two Staten Island projects \u2014One Nassau Place<\/a> in Richmond Valley and 2807 Arthur Kill Road<\/a> in Rossville \u2014 as some of the newest major warehouse facilities in the five boroughs.<\/p>\n

Increase in freight activity<\/p>\n

According to the truck network report, the DOT projects that freight activity on Staten Island\u2019s West Shore will increase by up to 50%, primarily driven by new commercial developments in the area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example, a handful of projects along the same 2.7-mile stretch of Arthur Kill Road, which already sees heavy industrial traffic<\/a>, will add an additional 1.4 million square feet of warehouses and vehicle storage.<\/p>\n

These additions will likely bring a surge of traffic to surrounding communities, prompting some South Shore elected officials to ask the incoming mayoral administration to prioritize a road widening project on Arthur Kill Road.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A proposal from the New York City Department of Transportation could expand the presence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-87257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87257","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=87257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}