Aging BQE Expressway to Get $1.7B in Repairs
If you rely on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) for your routine commute, be prepared for delays: the NYC Dept. of Transportation has announced plans to spend 1.7 billion dollars and five years to repair a one-and-a-half mile stretch of the aging highway.
Construction is expected to begin in two years, and transportation officials said they hope to keep lanes open during the repairs. The projected is expected to be completed in 2022.
The project will be most expensive ever undertaken by the New York City Department of Transportation.
The BQE is one of the city’s most vital corridors, with roughly 140,000 vehicles traveling on the highway each day.
Yossel
Almost 2 Billion of the taxpayer’s money to fix up a PARKING LOT????
Yossel
The fastest I’ve ever gone on that road is 4….why does it need to be fixed up????
martin
To number 1 & number 2.
And in Los Angeles on the highway 401 is any better??
Mendy
Can someone explain to me how it can cost $188,000 per foot. Per 12 inches. Of highway to repair?
Yossel
To #4: Your highway taxes at work! At work filling politicans’ pockets, that is…