State begins building pedestrian islands on Hempstead Tpke.
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Pedestrians cross Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, where a damaged section of fence sits in the median. (February 25, 2013)
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State transportation department crews have started building new refuge islands in the middle of Hempstead Turnpike in Nassau County as part of a program to make crossing the road safer for pedestrians.
Workers last week started cutting the blacktop in center sections of the highway, also known as Route 24, in Franklin Square, east of the intersection with New Hyde Park Road.
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