Coming Soon: A Facelift for Shore Road

is about to undergo a transformation, all in the name of safety. 

It’s the second phase of the New York State Local Safe Streets & Traffic Calming grant program, a $420,000 project that the Village of Port Washington North was awarded back in 2005. 

Some the road will sport brick-lined crosswalks and handicap access ramps. There will be new countdown crossing signals at selected crosswalks, and any standard crossing signals will be replaced with countdown signals. All crosswalks will be striped with white reflective paint. And cracks to the center Shore Road median and crosswalks at Mill Pond Road and Harbor Road will be repaired.

“We hope that the community is not too inconvenienced by this road work,” said Port North Mayor Bob Weitzer. “But rest assured, once it is completed we will have safer, more visible, not to mention great looking crosswalks for Port Washington pedestrians to use while walking, biking, jogging along and across Shore Road.”

The project will mean detours and closures along the route. Initially slated to begin Monday, the roadwork may not start until the end of this week or next week, once approvals are in from the Department of Transportation. The duration of the construction should be about two weeks.

Leg. Wayne Wink, D-Roslyn, provided a 20 percent match on the project through Nassau County Community Revitalization Program funds, Weitzner said.