STAPLETON — The city resurfaced more than 40 lane miles of road on Staten Island's North Shore this year — including one that hasn't be touched for more than a dozen years, officials said.
Workers from the Department of Transportation repaved sections of Targee Street and Irving Place on Tuesday morning using part of the $242 million allocated by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council to repair the city's crumbling streets.
"We suffered really harshly from the previous winter and most of our streets were in disrepair, this particular section here had not been paved for over a dozen years so it was long overdue," Councilwoman Debi Rose said.
"Potholes were the biggest complaint last year in our offices and to have the streets repaved, people are able to get to work, to school, anywhere safely."
During the repaving season, which usually lasts from March to November or December depending on the weather, the city was able to tackle more than 40 lane miles in the North Shore of the borough and still has another 90 it hopes to tackle in the next fiscal year.
"We’re going to try and continue to resurface as much as we can while the weather allows," said Edward Pincar Jr., Staten Island Deputy Borough Commissioner for the DOT.
In May, de Blasio announced an additional $242 million to boost the road resurfacing budget, which will allow the city to repave 2,500 lane miles of city streets.
For Staten Island, the extra funds allow the DOT to be able to fix 365 lane miles in the next two fiscal years instead of the approximately 120 lane miles fixed previously in that timeframe, Pincar said.
