A new bike path and planted median along Grand Concourse is part of the latest in a slew of upgrades to the major thoroughfare.
Photo courtesy DDC
Four out of six phases have officially been completed for one of the Bronx’s busiest thoroughfares.
City agencies, including the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced the completion of the latest phase of the Grand Concourse reconstruction at a Sept. 8 press conference.
Phase 4, which was completed on schedule at a cost of $62.5 million, consisted of the reconstruction of portions of the Grand Concourse, from East 175th Street to Fordham Road. In total, more than $100 million has been spent on through the first four phases of this project.
According to DOT officials. new enhancements for this portion of the heavily-trafficked corridor include safety features such as improved pedestrian access and better street lighting, along with the installation of bike lanes, wider and planted medians as well as bollards, the latter of which are used to create protective and architectural perimeters and help to guide traffic.
“The Grand Concourse is one of the crown jewels of our borough that serves as a major throughway for our residents and families,” said Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson. “We are now one step closer to making the Grand Concourse safer for residents and visitors to the borough with high visibility crosswalks, curb extensions and ornamental street lighting among some of the major changes to this historic corridor.”
According to DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, the rate of crashes where pedestrians were killed or seriously injured along the Grand Concourse corridor, has dropped by 40% in the last five years, compared to the previous five-year period.
“We are proud to now have the beautiful, tree-lined boulevard that Bronxites deserve, with so many new…
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