New Hyde Park Opens Jericho Turnpike Beautification Bids

The Village of New Hyde Park has opened the bids for its beautification project along Jericho Turnpike and is hopeful that the work can be fast-tracked and completed before the end of the summer to coincide with the work currently being done by the state along Route 25.

“The bids came in at a price that we think we can move forward and complete the project,” trustee Donald Barbieri said during a meeting on June 18 at the village hall. “We’re doing our due diligence, currently reviewing the low bidder, making sure he’s someone that we want to hire and I should at an early date be able to resolve that the village sign a contract I hope with this low bidder.”

Commonly known as Operation: Mainstreet, the bids were opened on June 6 and  include new fixtures such as pavers, street furniture, street plantings, and irrigation to the plantings in the state-built medians.

There were two firms that placed bids on the project: Bohemia-based J. Anthony and New York Paving, located in Old Bethpage, which was responsible for the construction of the new medians along Jericho Turnpike. J. Anthony is the current low bidder at $1,469,374 while New York Paving submitted a bid of $1,527,043.10 for the project.

Barbieri stated that he hopes that the project can begin in early July.

Currently New York State construction crews from Tully Construction are in Floral Park laying asphalt as part of the new overlays on Jericho Turnpike. Barbieri reported that he has been told that they would reach New Hyde Park in August.

“Some of the side streets that would be involved in our project are still being discussed,” Barbieri said of relating the resurfacing project to the village’s beautification efforts, “but they’re going to come back and do those.”

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