New paving job on Northern State Parkway

STE92VE · 08-05-2007, 07:32 AM

Is it me or has anyone else found that the newly repaved portion of the eastbound Northern State Parkway from New Hyde Park Road to the Meadowbrook Parkway leaves a lot to be desired?

Since our cars are so intuned to the road, it feels that the repaving is well below the quality of what is expected for a new road surface. I thought that maybe I was driving over the first layer but then I noticed that they had already installed the reflective lane markers in the road surface.

I guess they got the job that the lowest bidder was capable of doing. Nice try but no cigar.

Nebo335 · 08-05-2007, 08:54 AM

LOL, yea I noticed that too. I think people were complaining about how long the road was rough and they said "F" it , lets just pave it and skip a few steps and be done.

Also I wish they tell the driver when they start doing construction, before they rip up the road. I swear one day its fine than the next day its like driving a rally event.

STE92VE · 08-05-2007, 11:54 AM

I usually take the Northern State to avoid the trucks on the LIE and when I first took the NSP when they did the initial resurfacing, I was cursing so much because all those little rocks that they don't sweep up keep bouncing off the front bumper and windshield!

markis64 · 08-05-2007, 04:50 PM

long island roads suck. plain and simple.

Gtrain · 08-12-2007, 11:57 PM

The paving quality in NYC is getting worse. They repaved the roads on a few blocks near me and every house was flooded last week.

I take the NSP everyday to work and that road is brutal. Full of smalls rocks which I try to avoid from driving on the LIE but now it's on both.

STE92VE · 08-13-2007, 06:40 AM

Last week they started resurfacing the westbound lanes where the four laner starts. I freaked when I saw how they left the condition of the road surface. It looked like they had started and had to stop in the middle when the rains came because the loose gravel was not swept and the Hummer commercials show smoother surfaces.

08-05-2007, 07:32 AM	#1
STE92VE STEVIL Empire 213 Rep 6,297 Posts Drives: Fast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (0)	New paving job on Northern State Parkway Is it me or has anyone else found that the newly repaved portion of the eastbound Northern State Parkway from New Hyde Park Road to the Meadowbrook Parkway leaves a lot to be desired? Since our cars are so intuned to the road, it feels that the repaving is well below the quality of what is expected for a new road surface. I thought that maybe I was driving over the first layer but then I noticed that they had already installed the reflective lane markers in the road surface. I guess they got the job that the lowest bidder was capable of doing. Nice try but no cigar. __________________ 2007 E92 328i 6MT-Space Gray/Black Dakota/Gray Poplar w/heated seats-PCD 4/27/07 (SOLD) 2009 E90 328i xDrive 6AT-Space Gray/Oyster Dakota/Dark Burl Walnut w/ZPP,ZCW,Xenons-ED 4/17/09 - Redelivery 5/30/09 (SOLD) 2014 E84 xDrive28i 8AT-Alpine White/Black Nevada/Silver Matte w/ZMV,ZLP,494 - DD 3/14/14 (SOLD)
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08-05-2007, 08:54 AM	#2
Nebo335 Private First Class 13 Rep 100 Posts Drives: 07 335i JB3 6spd Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Island NY iTrader: (0)	LOL, yea I noticed that too. I think people were complaining about how long the road was rough and they said "F" it , lets just pave it and skip a few steps and be done. Also I wish they tell the driver when they start doing construction, before they rip up the road. I swear one day its fine than the next day its like driving a rally event. __________________
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STE92VE STEVIL Empire 213 Rep 6,297 Posts Drives: Fast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (0)	I usually take the Northern State to avoid the trucks on the LIE and when I first took the NSP when they did the initial resurfacing, I was cursing so much because all those little rocks that they don't sweep up keep bouncing off the front bumper and windshield! __________________ 2007 E92 328i 6MT-Space Gray/Black Dakota/Gray Poplar w/heated seats-PCD 4/27/07 (SOLD) 2009 E90 328i xDrive 6AT-Space Gray/Oyster Dakota/Dark Burl Walnut w/ZPP,ZCW,Xenons-ED 4/17/09 - Redelivery 5/30/09 (SOLD) 2014 E84 xDrive28i 8AT-Alpine White/Black Nevada/Silver Matte w/ZMV,ZLP,494 - DD 3/14/14 (SOLD)
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markis64 Lieutenant 60 Rep 419 Posts Drives: 2006 E90 Alpine White 330xi Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Long Island NY iTrader: (1) Garage List 3006 e90 330xi [0.00]	long island roads suck. plain and simple.
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08-12-2007, 11:57 PM	#5
Gtrain Colonel 144 Rep 2,018 Posts Drives: something slowwwww Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC iTrader: (21)	The paving quality in NYC is getting worse. They repaved the roads on a few blocks near me and every house was flooded last week. I take the NSP everyday to work and that road is brutal. Full of smalls rocks which I try to avoid from driving on the LIE but now it's on both.
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08-13-2007, 06:40 AM	#6
STE92VE STEVIL Empire 213 Rep 6,297 Posts Drives: Fast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (0)	Last week they started resurfacing the westbound lanes where the four laner starts. I freaked when I saw how they left the condition of the road surface. It looked like they had started and had to stop in the middle when the rains came because the loose gravel was not swept and the Hummer commercials show smoother surfaces. __________________ 2007 E92 328i 6MT-Space Gray/Black Dakota/Gray Poplar w/heated seats-PCD 4/27/07 (SOLD) 2009 E90 328i xDrive 6AT-Space Gray/Oyster Dakota/Dark Burl Walnut w/ZPP,ZCW,Xenons-ED 4/17/09 - Redelivery 5/30/09 (SOLD) 2014 E84 xDrive28i 8AT-Alpine White/Black Nevada/Silver Matte w/ZMV,ZLP,494 - DD 3/14/14 (SOLD)
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