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Metro New York Clubs & Organizations Queens Boulevard Restoration Group Newsletter 9-5-2004 Making QB Safe Making QB Safe For the past four years, city agencies, particularly, DOT, have been working on various projects to make Queens Blvd, the main street of Queens, safer for both pedestrians and drivers alike. Turning lanes have been redesigned; pedestrian crossing times have been increased; crosswalks have been revamped with better street markings and extended medians and sidewalks. Most of this work has been ongoing for over four years and has yet to be officially completed. One major part of the project is the relocating of all the light poles at each intersection to their new positions on the extended medians. Unfortunately, due to many technical and contractor problems this work has dragged on for several years. Many intersections have been without lighting for months at a time. Many Forest Hills, Rego Park intersections in Forest Hills and Rego Park have new medians that have yet to be filled in with concrete. Pedestrians must take extra precaution to avoid tripping while crossing over the incomplete medians. Community Board 6 has been fighting to speed up the project. Work has recently started up again at both Ascan Ave and 71st Av. Open medians are to be filled in and the turning lane at 71st Ave, which has been closed for 3 years, is to be reconfigured some time this spring. We shall see. Speed detectors and cameras have been in use for several years now. The city also installed over five miles of metal fencing to deter pedestrians from crossing mid-block. Over $7 million dollars was spent on the fencing. A contractor has also been hired to repair railings damaged by wayward vehicles. Forest Hills, Summer ‘03 - Conditions on Queens Blvd leave much to be desired. Neighborhood Link Terms of Use © 1997,1998,1999 E.Central, Inc.