From the Queens Courier:
Commuters in Briarwood say poor planning by the state has left them hanging two years after ongoing construction at a major subway station first started marring the community.
Civic leaders in the area called for better communication from the state’s Department of Transportation (DOT), during an August 25 rally at the Briarwood-Van Wyck subway station on Queens Boulevard — an area they say is plagued by poor lighting and dangerous, confusing traffic rerouting.
“The whole traffic flow changed and people ended up driving on the wrong side of the road. It was just genuinely a mess,” said Beth Brooks, spokesperson for the Briarwood Action Network (BAN). “People are frustrated because it’s not like any of this is new. The state DOT really dropped the ball.”
The Briarwood component of the state’s Kew Gardens Interchange project, as the Courier reported last September, involves replacing the Queens Boulevard bridge over the Van Wyck Expressway, adding an auxiliary lane to the expressway and an elevator and new entrance to the subway station, which will not be open to the public for at least another year, said Adam Levine, spokesperson for the state’s DOT.
4 comments:
They need Select Bus Service.........
Where's the Communit Board, local electeds, and Mr Vallone, Public Safety Head???
Anon No. 1:
The MTA wanted to do it along the Q44. The Community Board and elected officials threw a fit.
From a beautiful, quiet place couple of years ago, Briarwood today represents a war zone. Crossing the queens blvd road to reach the subway station was very complicating(really ridicilous), and dangerous. Now, it has reach the new point. The entrance/exit is very far from the community, so absurd! Does anyone care that high school students cross queens blvd every single day? ALL PEDESTRIANS STARTED CROSSING THE QUEENS BLVD LINE LIKE SHEEP! DANGEROUS! My roommate and I started looking for a new place in Forest Hills or Astoria...It's embarrassing to live in Briarwood these days...The whole project is very mediocre....
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