By Hank Russell
Long Island will be receiving $170 million in state funding for eight road paving projects in 2026 which entail the paving of 225 lane miles. The money comes from the $34.3 billion, five-year Capital Plan — the largest in the New York State Department of Transportation’s history, according to the governor’s office.
Among the projects that will be funded are:
- $23.1 million to resurface the Hempstead Turnpike (Route 24) from the Meadowbrook State Parkway to Broadhollow Road (Route 110) in the towns of Hempstead, Oyster Bay and Babylon.
- $20.3 million to resurface Sunrise Highway (Route 27) from the Queens/Nassau county line to Harrison Avenue in the town of Hempstead.
- $15.2 million to resurface Route 27 from Harrison Avenue to Wantagh State Parkway in the Town of Hempstead.
- $14.3 million to resurface Route 27 from the Wantagh State Parkway to the Nassau/Suffolk county line in the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay.
- $7.3 million to resurface Main Street (Route 25) from Kings Park Road to Hauppauge Road (Route 111) in the town of Smithtown.
- $8.7 million to resurface the North and South Service Roads on Route 27 from the Babylon-Farmingdale Turnpike (Route 109) to Udall Road in the towns of Babylon and Islip.
- $11.1 million to resurface Route 27 from the Nassau/Suffolk county line to North Monroe Avenue in the town of Babylon.
- $7 million to resurface Route 110 from Route 27 to Baylis Road in the towns of Babylon and Huntington.
“As someone who has ridden on virtually every mile of every state road across New York, I know firsthand every curve and every pothole, and next year we will be making an unprecedented investment to improve state roads across New York,” Governor Kathy Hochul said. “New Yorkers will be seeing crews out there like never before next year, rejuvenating highways, enhancing the safety of the traveling public, and laying a solid foundation for economic development across the Empire State.”
Marie Therese Dominguez, the state’s transportation commissioner, said the “historic paving agenda” for the coming year “will provide easier travel on roads from one end of the state to the other. Infrastructure investments like these are foundational to the future of the New York that Governor Hochul is building, a future that is affordable, safe and healthy for all residents.”