DOT Installs Left Turn Signal at Busy Little Neck Intersection

The city's Department of Transportation has placed turn signals at a busy Little Neck intersection nearly two years after Councilman Dan Halloran originally called for left turn lanes at the site.

In October 2010, Little Neck residents contacted Halloran, R-Whitestone, to request a left turn signal for Northern Boulevard at Marathon Parkway.

The councilman said it took more than a year of correspondence and the completion of a study before the DOT agreed to place turn signals at the site. The new signals were put into effect on Aug. 30.

"This one seemed like a no-brainer," Halloran said. "There's a supermarket, Long Island Rail Road station and two schools within walking distance. Every day, hundreds of cars make left turns there and, until today, it was one or two at a time."

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