NYS Finally Repaves Road in Greenburgh
By Jon Craig
Greenburgh town officials were pleased to announce a major road project along West Hartsdale Avenue expected to be completed this week.
Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner said that New York State Department of Transportation crews began milling and repaving West Hartsdale Avenue on Thursday.
Motorists were warned by Feiner and Greenburgh Police to expect delays between Maria Regina High School and South Washington Avenue.
No roads were expected to be closed during the work, but there was a detour from Ridge Road to Hillcrest Avenue.
Earlier this summer, members of the Greenburgh Town Board met with the regional representative of the state Department of Transportation and with State Senator Andrea Stewart Cousins and Assemblyman Tom Abinanti to discuss road conditions throughout Greenburgh. Among the major complaints was the deteriorating condition of West Hartsdale Avenue, Feiner said. “The run is in terrible condition,” he said last week.
The state will not, at this time, construct sidewalks on West Hartsdale Avenue or widen shoulders, another project that Feiner and Town Board members have lobbied for. “Hopefully, when the economy improves and the state has more funds they will revisit the proposal to make West Hartsdale Avenue more bicycle/pedestrian friendly,” Feiner said.
Other New York state road projects planned in Greenburgh include some road repaving along Route 9ANew York state
NYS is also going to be doing some road repaving on 9A under and around the 100C bridge and near Exit 25 of the Saw Mill River Parkway. The state also plans roadwork on Route 100 from Virginia Road to the east entrance/driveway to Westchester Community College.
Separately, Feiner and other Town Board members have lobbied members of the state legislature to place an infrastructure bond act on the 2015 ballot to help cover the cost of road repaving and other projects.
“Roads throughout the state are in bad shape,” Feiner said. “More funds need to be spent on infrastructure.”
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