On Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul (D) announced the substantial completion of an $18.4-million New York Thruway Authority pavement improvement project on I-87 in Rockland County. Workers upgraded more than 30 lane miles within a busy five-mile corridor running from north of Exit 14A (New Jersey-Garden State Parkway) to south of Exit 15 in the town of Ramapo, New Jersey.
The contractor, JRCRUZ Corporation, repaired stressed areas of roadway and installed a two-inch asphalt overlay on the lanes and the Exit 14B ramps. “Safety enhancements include new guide rail, bridge joint work, reflective line striping and replacing lane delineators.”
The announcement notes that since 2022, the entire Thruway segment between the Governor Mario Cuomo Bridge and Exit 16 — 30 miles of roadway in each direction and nearly 200 total lane miles, many interchanges included — has been repaved. A nearby 2.4-mile segment of the Garden State Parkway Connector was repaved in 2022. A $36.6-million pavement improvement project between Exits 16 and 17 started in the spring and is ongoing.