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- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1262
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Requires the department of transportation to evaluate the configuration of entrance and exit ramps, and signage at entrance ways and exits on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk Counties
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Michaelle C. Solages
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Title of bill
An act to require the New York state department of transportation, in consultation with the department of motor vehicles, the governor's traffic safety committee, local police agencies, local transportation entities in Nassau and Suffolk to conduct a study to evaluate the configuration of entrance and exit ramps, and signage at entrance ways and exits on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties to determine whether adequate safety measures exist to prevent collisions and the instance of wrong way drivers
Purpose
To require the Department of Transportation to evaluate the configuration of entrance and exit ramps, and signage at entrance ways and exits on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Summary of provisions
Section one of this bill requires the Department of Transportation, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee, local police agencies, local transportation entities in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and local government stakeholders to conduct a study evaluating the configuration of entrance and exit ramps and corresponding signage at entrance ways and exits on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau and Suffolk counties to determine if adequate safety measures exist. This study will also address the feasibility of design changes to increase safety and investigate federal funding available for highway safety improvement projects. Further, the Department of Transportation is authorized to conduct any hearings it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act.
Section two of this bill requires the Commissioner of Transportation to issue a report to the Governor, the Long Island Delegation of the Legislature, Nassau and Suffolk County Executives, and Nassau and Suffolk County Legislatures with detailed recommendations and findings from the study within two years of this act's effective date.
Section three of this bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
The Southern State Parkway is a limited-access highway in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, beginning in Elmont, Nassau County, at an interchange with the Belt Parkway and Cross Island Parkway and continuing 25.53 miles east to an interchange with the Sagtikos State Parkway in West Islip, Suffolk County. The Parkway's entrance and exit ramps were designed and constructed during the late 1920s, when fewer and smaller vehicles traveled at slower speeds, making its width, grade, and shoulder design antiquated and dangerous for modern vehicles. Unfortunately, this has lead to many fatal accidents in Nassau and Suffolk counties due to the Parkway's outdated engineering, the configuration of the its entrance and exit ramps, and the corresponding signage.
Today, the Southern State Parkway is one of Long Island's most heavily traveled roads. A recent New York State Department of Transportation study found that the parkway has five out of ten of Long Island's most deadly driving spots. The Department of Transportation must address this issue by conducting a study and finding solutions to update the antiquated design and configuration of signage and entrance and exit ramps on the Southern State Parkway to increase driver safety and save lives.
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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