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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 onsite
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 two-way 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.
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