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Heading west? Watch for construction on Sunrise Hwy. After more than ten years in the planning, safety improvements along Sunrise Highway in Amityville and Massapequa are underway. The plans call for enhanced motorist and pedestrian safety, while helping to keep traffic flowing and should take about 18 months to complete. The estimated $6.8-million project, which was proposed in the mid 1990s will include improvements on the highway between Cartwright Boulevard, east to Louden Avenue. "I'm glad the program is finally underway," said Senator Chuck Fuschillo Jr., whose office has been working on the issue for many years. "These im- provements are important for traffic flow and public safety." According to the Department of Transportation (DOT), this area, which includes an entrance to the Sunrise Mall, has a high accident rate caused by high traffic volumes, numerous driveways, closely spaced traffic signals and heavy left-turn movements. The state says it will repave the road surface, upgrade the traffic signals, lengthen the left turn lane, add new signage and install or repair sidewalks to make the area safer for both drivers and pedestrians. At Unqua Road/Park Lane on Sunrise, a westbound raised roadway separator will eliminate conflicts caused by mall shoppers crossing many lanes. An additional through-lane will be added at this formation officer for the DOT. Work is due to be intersection for traffic flow and the bus stop at that completed by the spring of 2008. area will be relocated. Locals who regularly traverse this road will be At another high traffic mall of stores called glad to hear that most of the construction will be Philips Plaza, on eastbound Sunrise Highway, the taking place during nighttime hours, when traffic traffic signal at the westerly driveway will be removed is light, with only the occasional lane being closed and the entrance and exit will be during the day. During rush hours, all lanes will reconfigured for safety reasons as cars slowing remain open for the 50,000 estimated motorists who down to turn caused many accidents. travel of the busy thoroughfare each day. In addition, Although plans unveiled in 2002 originally called all the travel lanes will be open between Unual for the Old Sunrise Highway exit/entrance onto 27 Road and Old Sunrise Highway during the holiday to be sealed off, public outcry from the Massapequa shopping season between Thanksgiving and New School District and emergency response teams in Year's Day. Massapequa and Amityville moved the state to "These renovations are necessary to improve conditions scrap that plan. for drivers and once the DOT completes this Construction was originally planned to begin in project, we will have a safer and more improved the fall 2006, but was postponed until now due to
Sunrise Highway," said Fuschillo. the weather, according to Eileen Peters, public in-
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