WWW.QNS.COM RIDGEWOOD TIMES MARCH 21, 2019 3
City eyes repaving of Fresh Pond & Metro
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Most of Fresh Pond Road, the
main north-to-south artery
in Ridgewood, will likely be
repaved in the weeks ahead, according
to Community Board 5 District
Manager Gary Giordano.
According to Board 5, the city
Department of Transportation is
still committed to repaving Fresh
Pond Road from Myrtle Avenue
to Bleecker Street, almost to the
Metropolitan Avenue/Fresh Pond
Road overpass which was just
renovated after many months of
work that impacted motorists and
business along the corridor.
Metropolitan Avenue between
Flushing Avenue in Ridgewood
and Pleasantview Street in Middle
Village will also get a facelift as the
roadway that has fallen into disrepair
over the years with potholes and
uneven surfaces, Giordano said
at the monthly CB 5 meeting on
March 13.
Spans of Myrtle Avenue in
Glendale will be repaved from 88th
Street to 80th Street and Cooper
Avenue to 76th Street, Giordano said,
adding that the work could put the
brakes on “crazy drivers.”
With the reconstruction of the Fresh Pond Road/Metropolitan Avenue overpass now complete, the Department
of Transportation is planning repaving projects for both roadways in Ridgewood and Middle Village.
“DOT informed me they want
to do all of that this spring which
would be tremendous for us, plus
slow down traffic for quite awhile,”
Giordano announced.
The area surrounding the
Metropolitan Avenue Bridge has
been targeted for designs and other
improvements throughout the last
couple years, with DOT finishing
construction at the end of 2018 and
resolving what had become a messy
and congested intersection.
One business, the Tropical
Photo: Robert Pozarycki/RIDGEWOOD TIMES
Restaurant, even claimed the traffic
impacts were causing their dining
room to become deserted.
DOT did not immediately respond
to a request for comment on the
projects regarding start and end
dates or scope.
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