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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, A 36 PRIL 19-25, 2019 BTR
This fenced off area near Exit 9 off the Throggs Neck Expressway is blocking the vision of
drivers making turns onto the service road from the expressway, resulting in a number of
close calls. Schneps Media / Patrick Rocchio
Troubled Throgs Neck Bridge
exit correction a month away
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
The last Bronx exit on I-695 towards
the Throgs Neck Bridge,
plagued by safety concerns for years,
may fi nally get remedied.
The large work fence, installed
by an MTA contractor, that has surrounded
a construction storage site
holding work trailers and materials
for projects on the bridge plaza,
directly adjacent to Exit #9 onto the
Throgs Neck Expressway Service
Road near Harding Avenue, is expected
to be re-positioned and moved
back dozens of feet away from its current
location.
An MTA spokesman stated that the
fence in question, which is wrapped
in a dense green mesh, and which Locust
Point residents have claimed is
responsible for many close calls by
motorists that exit the highway and
proceed to go left towards the waterfront
community, will no longer be a
headache.
“A contractor is on-site and is in
the process of installing the fence
at the new location. Once installed,
the old fence will be removed, effectively
relocating the fence to improve
motorists’ views,” stated the MTA
spokesman.
MTA representatives who spoke
at the Throggs Neck Home Owners
Association on Tuesday, March 26,
told the group that the bridge’s deck
replacement project will not require
as large an offi ce trailer area, stated
Robert Barbarelli, TNHOA vice-president.
“The MTA reps said that they
don’t need the whole ‘yard’ in order to
store equipment,” Barbarelli. stated,
“Rather, they only need a few trailers….
so, overall, we are anticipating
a positive resolution to the issue.”
He added that based on his understanding,
the fence problem may be
resolved very soon.
The issue came to the forefront
in a Bronx Times article in 2018 after
a Locust Point resident, Maria
Guzzone, pointed out the dangers
awaiting local drivers at the off
ramp’s meeting point with the service
road.
The fence obstruction blocks out
cars travelling west on the service
road towards Pennyfi eld Avenue.
Locust Point Civic Association
president Joe Donovan believes the
matter is well on its way to being resolved.
“It is certainly a safety hazard,”
said Donovan, adding he has worked
on resolving the issue in his four
years as LPCA president.
He said he had several conversations
with different MTA offi cials
about the fence obstructing the views
of drivers coming from Locust Point
as they pass Harding Avenue.
There have been a lot of close calls
and even a few accidents at the intersection,
he said.
Motorists exiting the highway
who are unfamiliar with the area
may be unaware that Throgs Neck
Expressway Service Road is a twoway
thoroughfare.
Moving back the fence 25 feet
would provide a clear line of sight for
both motorists approaching the intersection
and those exiting the expressway.
About a decade ago, former Senator
Jeff Klein and Assemblyman Michael
Benedetto had NYS Department
of Transportation to redesign
the off ramp to remove blind spots.