Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 31

LONG ISLAND Accord Reached on Road Funds iSVrtVtViS iViViVt'' vvv Major transportation bond-issue projects included in the agreement worked out between the governor's office and legislative leaders ENassau CountyEmammim9ittilB9t replacing traffic signals and the impact that would have on existing capacity problems on Sunrise Highway and north-south cross routes from the New York City line to the Nassau-Suffolk border a An unspecified amount of money to supplement a $2-million grant to conduct a preliminary engineering study to widen from 4 lanes to 6 lanes the Hampstead Turnpike Bridge over the Wantagh State Parkway in the Town of Hempstead a $9 million to reconstruct and widen Newbridge Road from North Jerusalem Road to Route 24 in Hempstead Town I Suffolk CountyiMNfeHBMfttiMMMMHi By Marianne Ameberg Newsday Albany Bureau Albany After months of haggling over details lawmakers and Gov Mario Cuomo readied agreement yesterday on which of the crumbling roads and bridges to rebuild or expand if voters approve a $3-billion transportation financing package in November For Long Island the package indudes $1475 million to begin construction of the long-awaited fourth lane of the Long Island Expressway For New York City lawmakers agreed that $200 million of the allocation could be spent to rehabilitate bridges that under the jurisdiction including the Brooklyn Manhattan Williamsburg and Queensboro Bridges Under an agreement worked out earlier this year the city and Long Island each would get 23 percent or $690 million of the $3-billion total But voters must authorize the bond issue the largest long-term borrowing plan in the history The proposal will appear on the November ballot as Proposition One Rebuild New York 1988 Bond Act is critical to assure the safety of our roads and bridges and relieve the traffic congestion that is strangling our suburban Cuomo said in a statement On Long Island the funds would be used to improve about 250 miles of state highways as well as to expand traffic capacity on nuyor arteries let our highways go to pot and we need capacity expansion for economic said Assembly Speaker Mel Miller (D-Brooklyn) Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson (R-Binghamton) said in a statement that the bond act is to both the safety and economic health of our While they are supportive of the bond act Republicans have lobbied for a dedicated source of funding to pay for transportation improvements State Sen Norman Levy (R-Mefrick) chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee estimated that the state will need about $20 billion in the next decade to meet transportation needs Assembly Minority Leader Clarence Rappleyea (R-East Norwich) and several organizations including the American Automobile Association oppose die bond issue as too costly And yesterday Assemb I William Bianchi (D-Bellport) chairman of the Assembly subcommittee on Long Island highways said he was wary of the ability to pay the bond debt want more roads not Bianchi said I want to do it with a phony nine-year bond-issue plan not going to work and is not solving our problem So at this point not supporting or not opposing going to study it William Bunch contributed to this report $1475 million for the first phase of construction on the fourth lane of the Long Island Expressway east of Exit 40 in Jericho including the construction of noise barriers between exits 49 and 52 The funds will also be spent to conduct preliminary engineering and design work to construct a fourth lane on the LIE from the New York City border $80 million to complete funding for the reconstruction of the interchange and construction of collector and distributor roads at the Long Island Expressway and Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway in the Town of Oyster Bay a $5 million to rehabilitate the Southern State Parkway westbound from Franklin Avenue to Hempstead Avenue and from Merrick Avenue to Newbridge Road $10 million to rehabilitate the Northern State Parkway from the Wantagh State Parkway to the Long Island Expressway a $4 million to replace lighting on the Meadowbrook Parkway from Merrick Road to the Northern State Parkway a $6 million to rehabilitate the Southern State Parkway from Grand Avenue to Nassau Road a $3 million to rehabilitate the Southern State Parkway from the Cross Island Parkway to Franklin Avenue a $3 million to rehabilitate the Southern State Parkway from Woodfield Avenue to Hempstead Avenue a $io million to rehabilitate the Southern State Parkway from the New York City line to the Nassau-Suftolk line a $10 million to rehabilitate the Wantagh State Parkway over Seamans Island Creek in Hempstead Town a $13 million to rehabilitate the Loop Parkway Bridge over Long Creek in Hempstead Town a $20 million to rehabilitate the Meadowbrook State Parkway over Sloop Channel in Hempstead Town a $3 million to replace corroded steel and machinery on the Loop Parkway Bridge over Long Creek and the Meadowbrook State Parkway over Sloop Channel in Hempstead Town a $21 million to complete funding for construction of east-bound and westbound Service roads on the Long Island Expressway between exits 41 and 43 a $48 million to reconstruct and widen from 4 lanes to 6 lanes Route 25 from Route 106107 to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway a $91 million to reconstruct and widen from 4 to 8 lanes the Northern State Parkway from the Meadowbrook State Parkway to the Wantagh State Parkway in the Toywi of North Hempstead a $5 million to conduct a preliminary engineering study to improve the Southern State Parkway from exit 18 to the Meadowbrook State Parkway a $5 million to conduct a preliminary engineering study to improve the Northern State Parkway from the Wantagh State Parkway to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway $300000 to reconstruct and widen the intersection of route Route 25A and Wolver Hollow Road in Oyster Bay Town a $2 million to relocate the Elmont Road exit of the Cross Island Parkway on the border of Nassau and Queens $700000 to reconstruct and widen the intersection of Routes 106 and 107 at Jericho in Oyster Bay Town a Up to $3 million to conduct an engineering analysis of $14 million to complete funding for construction of the eastbound and westbound service roads on the Long Island Expressway from exit 54 to exit 57 in Islip Town a $3 million to rehabilitate and resurface Route 347 between Routes 25 and 25A a $12 million to rehabilitate Route 109 from the Nassau-Suftolk line to Route 27 a $12 million to rehabilitate the Southern State Parkway from Route 1 10 to Sagtikos State Parkway a $8 million to rehabilitate the Robert Moses Causeway over the State Boat Channel in Islip Town a $31 million to conduct preliminary engineering and right-of-way reports to expand Route 25A from Echo Avenue to the William Floyd Parkway in Brookhaven a $18 million to complete preliminary engineering and right-of-way purchase agreements and to begin reconstruction on Sunrise Highway from Pond Road to Broadway in Islip Town The funds will be supplemented with an additional $20 million in state and federal funds already allocated to the project a $5 million to conduct preliminary engineering studies to improve the Southern State Parkway from the Meadowbrook State Parkway to Route 110 a $900000 to conduct pre-engineering studies and environmental analysis to widen Veterans Memorial Highway near the Northern State Parkway in Smithtown a $4 million to reconstruct and widen the intersection of Route 25A and Route 108 a $3 million to reconstruct and widen the intersection of Old Willetts Path at Routes 454 and 347 in Smithtown Town a $500000 to reconstruct and widen the intersection of Route 454 and Washington Avenue in Islip Town a $2 million to study improving existing Intersections with state highways in Brookhaven Town including a do-verleaf at Nicholas Road and Route 25 a $34 million for construdion of a westbound collectordis-tributor road and flyover at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and the Sagtikos State Parkway in Smithtown Town a $15 million to complete the reconstrudion and widening of Middle County Road from Nicolls Road to North Ocean Avenue in the Town of Brookhaven a i million for the reconstruction and widening of Route 25A from Route 347 to Echo Avenue in Brookhaven Town In addition the bond act would give $2 million to Nassau and Suffolk Counties to improve about 10 local bridges The localities would have to provide 20 percent matching funds and the bridges to be repaired would be determined by regional state Department of Transportation offices NEWSDAY THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29 MacArthur Delays Runway Repaviny Until Spriny runway project will be delayed until the spring because asphalt cannot be applied during cold weather Sealed bids were opened hist week on the construction projects and the Islip Town Board which oxr-ates the airport is expitcted next Tuesday to uward the contract to the low bidder on both the tarmuc and runway jobs Scal-Pratt Paving Corp or Brentwood The company bid $2366905 to resurface the runway and $963995 to cxpund the tarmac Rosche said State and federal sources will pay 975 percent of the cost with the rest coming from revenues of the town-owned airport opinion that it was going to cause mqjor impacts during one of the busiest travel weekends" said Glenn Morse eastern regional director of the Air Transport Association an airline trade group The main northeast-southwest runway been repaved in 16 years And airport officials say the tarmac needs to be extended because jets sometimes must park bo close together that their wingtips nearly touch The tarmac expansion expected to take 60 days interfere with airport operations according to the assistant manager Lee Rosche The i By Dan Fagin Under pressure from commercial airlines officials at Long Island-MacArthur Airport have decided to delay until April a $23-million runway resurfacing project that will cause mqjor delays and cancellations at the airport But work will begin within a few weeks on a $1-million expansion of the tarmac area Airlines had protested this plans to start resurfacing the main runway next month because the 100-day project would have interfered with travel over the Thanksgiving weekend was our humble 1 1 I I I lJ fart 'J I hi ICV.