By COLlive reporter
The BQE – Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be reduced from 3 to 2 lanes in both directions beginning on August 30th, the NYPD announced. Lane markings will be shifted so that three lanes will go down to two wider lanes and a shoulder.
There will be substantial delays on the BQE, and essential vehicles should take alternate routes, they advised.
The change will be in effect from Atlantic Ave to the Brooklyn Bridge.
The change is part of the city’s plan to preserve a busy section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The plan, announced a few weeks ago, involves not only repairing the aging hhighway, but also lessening the amount of traffic that uses the roadway.
The plan was devised with hopes to extend its life for at least the next 20 years, the DOT said.
Mayor De Blasio detailed primary points of the plan, including preserving the current infrastructure. In part, this involves stopping water infiltration, to slow down corrosion. Lane markings will also be shifted starting Aug. 30 — three lanes will go down to two wider lanes and a shoulder, allowing for improved entry lanes at Atlantic Avenue.
Beginning August 30, 2021, @NYC_DOT will reduce the BQE, Atlantic Ave to BK Bridge, from 3 to 2 lanes in both directions. There will be substantial delays on the BQE. Drivers are always encouraged to take public transportation. Essential vehicles should take alternate routes. pic.twitter.com/4siopFlGol
— NYPD Transportation Bureau (@NYPDTransport) August 25, 2021
No end in sight how far these idiots will go to make living impossible in the city.
Make it harder to to use a private car, so you can be heraded en mass into public transit where government has more control over where you go and how you get there.
Just drove on it yesterday. Wow…what a nightmare. If you thought traffic on the BQE couldn’t get any worse, think again.