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Oakdale Merge Improvement Project

Sector: Road • Location: Hempstead Town, New York, United States

Source: Newsday

Project
Planned

The project aims to improve the Oakdale Merge, a congested interchange where the Sunrise and Montauk highways converge. The area currently has 12 lanes of traffic converging into six, which can no longer accommodate the 126,000 vehicles that traverse it daily. Planned improvements likely include adding lanes and safety enhancements to improve traffic flow. Environmental review for this project wil

Status
Prospective
Sector
Road, Automotive, Government
Location
Hempstead Town, New York, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Newsday

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The project “Oakdale Merge Improvement Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Road sector, located in Hempstead Town, New York, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Newsday.

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planned

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Prospective

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2026-07-22

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The project aims to improve the Oakdale Merge, a congested interchange where the Sunrise and Montauk highways converge. The area currently has 12 lanes of traffic converging into six, which can no longer accommodate the 126,000 vehicles that traverse it daily. Planned improvements likely include adding lanes and safety enhancements to improve traffic flow. Environmental review for this project will begin at the end of 2025.

Original sector

Transportation

Budget

Location

Country

United States of America (USA)

State

New York

City

Hempstead Town

Source

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Newsday

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Sector

Road, Automotive, Government

Article published date

2025-09-16

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