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Paterson: Wantagh bike path guardrail to be installed

The Wantagh State Parkway has a higher-than-average rate

Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. | The Wantagh State Parkway has a higher-than-average rate of off-road crashes. (Oct. 21, 2009)

New York State will install a guardrail between the Wantagh State Parkway and the adjacent bike path, Gov. David A. Paterson said Thursday, as statistics emerged showing the stretch of road along the path had a higher-than-average off-road crash rate.

Paterson presented the solution at a meeting with State Sen. Charles Fuschillo and the family of Matthew Scarpati, 19, of Dix Hills, who was...

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