Pull-off areas among LIE safety fixes to come
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Abner Vega, left, controls a paint cart while co-worker Louis Roque holds a paint hose as they repaint the road lines on the Long Island Expressway in order to improve safety conditions. Both are employees of the Safety Marking Company, (June 28, 2012)
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Ten new emergency pull-off areas will be constructed on a 7-mile stretch of the Long Island Expressway in Nassau County as part of safety improvements spurred by the death and injury of law enforcement officers making routine traffic stops.
Almost a year after a federal audit highlighted a variety of safety issues on the busy highway, state Department of Transportation officials said they...
