Relief is on the way for motorists driving on Middle Neck Road.
The Nassau County Department of Public Works will begin fixing potholes on Middle Neck Road between Clover Drive and Hicks Lane on Monday, Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) said Wednesday at a meeting of the Great Neck Village Officials Association.
“After much nagging and speaking to anyone I could speak to from DPW to the county, they have agreed to fix the roadway,” Birnbaum said. “I know many county roads are suffering as well but as a main thoroughfare in Great Neck I really pushed hard for this to be done.”
The majority of the work should be completed in two weeks, she said.
Birnbaum said one side of Middle Neck Road will be closed for driving as well as parking while repairs are be done on the opposite side of the road.
Crews will break up the surface layer of the road with a milling machine and then add a new layer of asphalt.
Birnbaum said the asphalt work should be completed while Great Neck School District students are on Spring Recess during the first full week of April.
Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman said the road work will be an inconvenience to motorists.
“It’s going to be a headache for about two weeks but it will be worth it,” Kreitzman said.
Birnbaum said she has gotten letters from many residents complaining about the road’s conditions.
Some, Birnbaum said, have compared Middle Neck Road to a road in a third-world country, while others have said it should be considered a federal disaster area.
Birnbaum’s announcement followed one by North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth on March 23 that the town highway crews are already at work filling potholes on town roads that were created as a result of the harsh winter.
The town’s highway department filled in 350 potholes between December and March, about 20 more than the previous year, the town said in a statement.
“We are working hard to fulfill our promise to repair pothole requests on town roads within two business days,” Bosworth said. “This year residents also have an additional way to report potholes with the ‘My North Hempstead app,’ which uses GPS to give our crews the exact location of troublesome potholes. You simply take a photo of the pot hole and press ‘send.’”
Residents can also report potholes by calling 311.
