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$18.3 Million Resurfacing Project To Begin On Long Island Roads $18.3 Million Resurfacing Project To Begin On Long Island Roads
$18.3 Million Resurfacing Project To Begin On Long Island Roads Governor Kathy Hochul announced the beginning of a new two-year road resurfacing project that will affect five state roads on Long Island. The $18.3 million project, which builds on an ongoing $250 million investment into Long Island roads, will begin in July 2024, Hochul said. Sixty total lane miles across five state roads — three in Suffolk County and two in Nassau County — are included in the project, which will replace existing roadways with two inches of new asphalt, add new highly reflective pavement markings, and install crosswalks. The following locations in Suffolk County are s…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes
Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes It’s not your imagination; there are a lot more signs dotting Long Island highways these days. State transportation workers have wrapped up installing more than 3,600 new “Wrong-Way” and “Do Not Enter” signs at hundreds of parkway, expressway, and highway ramps in Nassau and Suffolk counties The highly-reflective signs, along with hundreds more pavement markings and reflectors, are meant to prevent wrong-way drivers from going where they shouldn’t and stop trucks and other over-height vehicles from striking overpasses. “Wrong-way drivers and over-height vehicles pose obvious safety hazard…

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by Michael Mashburn
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'Reckless, Callous': Bay Shore Man Indicted For DWI Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old, DA Says 'Reckless, Callous': Bay Shore Man Indicted For DWI Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old, DA Says
'Reckless, Callous': Bay Shore Man Indicted For DWI Crash That Killed 20-Year-Old, DA Says A Long Island man was indicted for allegedly driving an SUV while intoxicated and crashing, causing the death of a 20-year-old woman who was ejected from the vehicle. Jhonny Chavarria-Argueta, age 20, of Bay Shore, was arraigned on Wednesday, Dec. 7, for multiple charges in the September crash that killed Jessica Gonzalez, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced. The DA's Office said Chavarria-Argueta is charged with: Second-degree manslaughter Second-degree vehicular manslaughter Leaving the scene of an incident without reporting Driving while intoxicated Second-degre…

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by Nicole Valinote
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One Killed, Five Hospitalized After Long Island Crash Involving Drunk Driver, Police Say One Killed, Five Hospitalized After Long Island Crash Involving Drunk Driver, Police Say
One Killed, Five Hospitalized After Long Island Crash Involving Drunk Driver, Police Say One person was killed and five others were hospitalized after a two-car crash involving a drunk driver overnight on Long Island, police said. It happened just after 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21 in Islip. Driver, Michael Lupo, age 23, of North Babylon, was traveling southbound on the Robert Moses Causeway in a Dodge Charger when it collided with a Ford Focus, causing the Dodge to overturn, according to state police. The Dodge had four passengers. One of them, Allen Boston, age 23, of West Babylon, was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of injuries sustained in the crash, according …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Long Island Hit-Run Crash Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Long Island Hit-Run Crash
Police Ask Public's Help In Investigation Of Fatal Long Island Hit-Run Crash Police are asking the public for information about a fatal hit-and-run crash on Long Island last year. New York State Police said the crash happened in the Suffolk County Town of Babylon at about 10:40 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2020. A vehicle left the scene after hitting a motorcycle, State Police said. Police said it happened on the Ocean Parkway eastbound, west of the Robert Moses Causeway, near Cedar Beach. The vehicle is believed to have been a blue 2001 to 2003 Dodge Caravan, Chrysler Town and Country or a Plymouth Voyager, authorities said. Anyone with information about the crash…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Long Island Man, 27, Killed In Two-Vehicle Ocean Parkway Crash Long Island Man, 27, Killed In Two-Vehicle Ocean Parkway Crash
Long Island Man, 27, Killed In Two-Vehicle Ocean Parkway Crash A 27-year-old Long Island man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on the Ocean Parkway. It happened on Saturday, Sept. 6 at around 10:40 p.m., in Suffolk County just west of Robert Moses Causeway in Babylon. A preliminary investigation revealed that the collision occurred when a 2012 BMW motorcycle traveling eastbound struck the rear of an unknown vehicle that subsequently left the scene, state police said.  The impact caused the operator of the motorcycle, Mauricio Acosta, of Deer Park, to be ejected, according to state police. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. State Police req…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Crash On Robert Moses Causeway Leads To DWI Charge For Long Island Man Crash On Robert Moses Causeway Leads To DWI Charge For Long Island Man
Crash On Robert Moses Causeway Leads To DWI Charge For Long Island Man A 43-year-old man needed to be extricated from his vehicle after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into the woods lining the Robert Moses Causeway on Long Island, the Suffolk County Sheriff announced. East Northport resident Daniel Lugo, 43, was driving southbound on the Causeway shortly after 1 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 13 in West Islip, when he lost control and crashed into the wooded shoulder area near exit RM2W (27A/West Babylon). The Sheriff’s Office said that Lugo wound up trapped behind the wheel of the vehicle and had to be extracted by the West Islip Fire Department. While in…

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by Zak Failla