The City Council wants to set deadlines for the Department of Transportation to repave city streets to two weeks, despite the objections of City Hall
A majority of the Council’s 51 members have added their names to, sponsored by Brooklyn Councilmember Justin Brannan, which would compel the DOT to finish all street resurfacing projects within two weeks of initiation. For projects that take longer, as many do, the DOT would have to notify the surrounding community of the expected project timeline and the reasons for the delay.
Margaret Forgione, DOT’s first deputy commissioner, told lawmakers on Tuesday that if projects solely included milling — or removing the surface layer of asphalt from a street — and repaving with a fresh coat of blacktop, the projects likely could be done in two weeks. Addressing those issues while roadwork is ongoing anyway forestalls the need to dig up the road again later once a problem arises, she said.
The city filled 8,000 fewer potholes in 2023 than in 2022, and nearly 25% fewer than in 2019, the final year before the pandemic, according to the report. The Adams administration has attributed this decline to there being a smaller number of potholes to fix.slowing progress on street improvements
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