BQE Central environmental review to be delayed by 6 months
So DOT can figure out how many lanes the new highway should have
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — How many lanes should a reimagined BQE Central have? That unanswered question has been hanging over the entire redesign process.
On Friday, the city’s Department of Transportation announced that it would be delaying the expected start of the project’s environmental review phase from Spring 2023 to Autumn 2023.
The agency said that delaying the EIS would give them time to figure out if a newly constructed segment of highway should have two traffic lanes (plus shoulder) in each direction, or three.