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Full Closures Planned For Portion Of Sunrise Highway
Scheduled highway closures could cause delays for Long Island drivers in the coming days.
In Suffolk County, all westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway (Route 27) are slated to close nightly in the town of Babylon beginning on Monday, July 22.
From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., lanes will close Monday, July 22, Tuesday, July 23, and Wednesday, July 24 between exits 40 and 39. Closures will occur again on Thursday, July 25, and Friday, July 26, between exits 38 and 39.
During those times, traffic will be detoured onto North Service Road while crews perform bridge cleaning work, the Department of Transport…
DUI Driver Flees Crash Scene, Jumps On Moving Minivan Roof Causing 2nd Maywood Crash (Update)
A DUI driver who fled one crash scene, broke into a local home, then jumped on top of a moving minivan — causing a second accident — before his arrest in Maywood on Wednesday, July 10, according to Daily Voice sources and local police.
Just after 5:35 p.m., Maywood police were notified of a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident at Spring Valley Avenue, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. At the scene, officers found a vehicle that had struck and toppled a traffic light.
The male driver fled on foot, running through several backyards before entering someone else's home on Oak Avenue, according …
Closures Scheduled For Parkway On Long Island: Here's When, Where
For two days, both directions of a Long Island parkway will be closed for rehabilitation, transportation officials announced.
On both Monday, Feb. 19, and Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Loop Parkway in Hempstead will be subject to closure, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) said.
The closures on Monday will last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. During that time, lanes in both directions will be subject to intermittent closures at the drawbridge. Construction workers will be instructing drivers where to go in the event of a closure.
Then, on Tuesday, both directions of the parkway will…