On December 10, Governor Hochul announced the award of more than $32 million to help local governments enhance safety on their roads by reducing instances of vehicles inadvertently straying from their lanes and lessening the severity of crashes that result from those instances.  

The funding is part of the State Department of Transportation’s comprehensive “Safe System” approach toward zero highway deaths and will support roadway improvements – including new guide rails, signs, and pavement markings – in municipalities across the state. In New York State, 44 percent of crash fatalities occur when a vehicle departs from its lane. 

Of the $32M, Long Island is receiving $7M: 

Long Island ($7.0 million)

• Towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Islip, Riverhead, and Southampton, Suffolk County - $6.3 million to install center line rumble strips, shoulder rumble strips, guide rail, edge line markings, curve warning signs on William Floyd Parkway, Nicolls Road, Edwards Avenue, Nugent Drive, Quogue Riverhead Road.
• Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County - $700,000 to install guide rail on Sunrise Highway Service Road, Bellport Avenue, Station Road, Horseblock Road, and Leeds Boulevard.