Governor announces $130 million fix for Nassau Expressway

Familiarity with the roads around Southeast Queens and the Five Towns most likely helped Gov. Andrew Cuomo understand why State Sen. Todd Kaminsky kept bringing up repairing the Nassau Expressway every time the Long Beach Democrat saw the governor.

“Whenever I saw Todd, it was 878, 878, 878, he is like a broken record,” said Cuomo, whose line created laughter among the many residents of the South Shore who attended the press conference at the Five Towns Community Center on Sunday in Lawrence.

[...] The governor, along with New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Matthew Driscoll and Kaminsky rolled out a $130 million plan to repair the Nassau Expressway, which is also known as state road 878. It includes elevating the roadway, a new multi-use pedestrian path, state-of-the-art drainage systems, and traffic signals that will be synced to ensure smoother vehicle movement, improved turning lanes and upgrade to access the businesses along the central corridor.

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