Second Phase of $50 Million Verrazano-Narrows Toll Plaza Improvement Project Set To Begin
BAY RIDGE — The second phase of the Verrazano-Narrows toll plaza improvement project is set to begin. The $50 million, 45-month project includes removing the remaining three unused eastbound toll booths, rehabilitating the Brooklyn-bound toll plaza and improving to the bridge’s entrance and exit ramps.
The project will be done in multiple stages and will begin with the removal of the last three Brooklyn-bound toll booths at the end of the month barring any major winter weather events. The first eight booths were taken down in 2010 under the first phase of the toll plaza improvement project.
The work will include multiple traffic pattern shifts over the course of the project, beginning with a new traffic pattern from west of Fingerboard Road through the Brooklyn-bound toll plaza that will be in place starting Saturday, Jan. 28. Traffic will be shifted to the right of the construction zone before the toll plaza and continue right around the work zone. Motorists will have access to both levels of the bridge after the toll plaza.
Motorists will be directed to the new pattern via electronic and fixed signs that will be in place both before the toll plaza and along the Staten Island Expressway. All nine lanes of traffic feeding into the bridge, including those from the SIE, Narrows Road South, and the Father Capodanno and Lily Pond entrance ramps, will be maintained during peak driving times. Off-peak lane closures may be scheduled.