Just Sayin': Suffolk needs LIE fixed like in Nassau

Suffolk needs LIE fixed like in Nassau

Entering the Long Island Expressway west at Exit 63, while driving from Suffolk County to Nassau County, we encountered craters in the right lane ["Fix LI's awful roads for the long term," Just Sayin', March 12]. Our new car sustained tire damage after hitting one of the many unavoidable potholes. This necessitated replacement of a new tire at our expense. The LIE in eastern Suffolk County is in a deplorable state. Potholes make it dangerous to change lanes and negotiate the patches within each lane. Driving conditions don't improve until you get into western Suffolk. In sharp contrast is the properly repaired LIE in Nassau. There are no patches or slipshod Band-Aids thrown down to mimic road repair. We don't see patches that get quickly eroded by bad weather. If Nassau County can provide safe driving conditions on the LIE, drivers in Suffolk deserve no less.

Irwin Eisman, Mount Sinai

I recently drove back from Sarasota, Florida, to Babylon, a round trip of about 2,400 miles. Unfortunately, the worst stretch of road in all that time was our own Southern State Parkway. Why is that? No funding to fix the highway? It is a disgrace having to drive on dangerous highways for which we pay more than our fair share of taxes.

Hank Szala, Babylon

I travel on the LIE regularly. A few weeks ago, as I was traveling east and entering at the intersection of Sunken Meadow, I felt every pothole was about to burst a tire. I called the Department of Transportation in Hauppauge. I asked when the road would be resurfaced. The woman in the office said she felt my pain. She told me potholes are being repaired as weather permits now. But the good news is that the whole expressway, east from the Nassau line to Riverhead, is to be resurfaced this spring. I am sure we are all looking forward to this.

Jerry Union, Hauppauge

Southern State Parkway should be closed between Route 107 and the Suffolk County line until repairs and painting have been done. There are numerous places where the white dotted line is not visible due to potholes and deteriorating blacktop. At night, or if it’s raining, you can’t tell if you are in one lane, in two lanes or on the shoulder. It is extremely dangerous to drive on a highway with no lane markings.

Jim Dreeben, Hampton Bays

LI's rocky roads are also going to pot

Now that the state has made pot legal, I guess they figured they can make potholes on the roads legal, too.

Jeff Ward, Medford