THE POWER BROKERS: Brooklyn Machine Fights Smaller BQE at Closed-Door City Hall Meeting
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The Brooklyn Democratic machine wants a "superhighway in perpetuity," said one supporter of narrowing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
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City Hall: We Hear that People Want to Keep Three-Lane BQE (Really?!)
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Some elected officials and locals are telling City Hall that they want to keep three travel lanes in each direction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a top city official said on Thursday — despite nearly two dozen area politicians who have called for no more than two lanes.
City May Build A Temporary Highway Through Brooklyn Heights After All
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Hey 2023, 2018 called and it wants its temporary highway back.
OPINION: Mayor Adams Has Leverage to Force a Reluctant State DOT to Budge on the BQE
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If Mayor Adams and his DOT really want a new end-to-end vision for the BQE, they should clearly say so — and compel the state back to the job using the legal tools at their disposal.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Fix the BQE/Love is In The Air Edition
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It's Valentine's Day — and nothing gets the hearts of Streetsblog's staff jumping like a potential highway removal. Plus other news.
Brooklyn Pols Demand the State ‘Come to the Table’ on the BQE
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More than a dozen Brooklyn lawmakers said they don't want DOT's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway plan: It's the highway or the highway.