On June 1st, 2007, New York State Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) much-anticipated revamp of West Street (Route 9A) is kicking off. The project extends the design of Promenade South, which rebuilt the sidewalks, roadways, and crossings south of West Thames Street, as well as renovated the Battery Park Underpass entrance.
West Street facing south
The West Street Promenade “Segment 2” project will improve the boulevard between West Thames and Chambers Street. Some of its elements include restoring West Street to eight traffic lanes, updating utilities, landscaping, improving at-grade crossings, removing or modifying pedestrian bridges, and raising the road to match the World Trade Center’s (WTC) elevation.
SDOT also will modify the approach to the West Street Underpass that links to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, making the tube reversible to accommodate rush-hour traffic.
Vesey Street crosswalk: To help facilitate construction operations and traffic movements, the Vesey Street street-level crosswalk is closed on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pedestrians can use the Vesey Street bridge across West Street, where escalators and elevators are operational on both sides. The sidewalk between Vesey and the Verizon Building entrance also is closed; access to the building will be maintained from the north (Barclay Street).
*The following information was last updated September 26, 2008.
Utility work and roadway reconstruction begins on Vesey Street on August 9 through appx. November 25, closing the left-turn lane onto northbound West Street
Traffic is eastbound only on Warren Street west of West Street
Construction is active on West Street outside the World Financial Center and south to West Thames/J.P. Ward Streets
Work at the intersection of West and Albany Streets will close the south crosswalk on West Street; intersection work continues through late 2008
Coordination with construction managers at 50 West Street
Stakeholders meetings take place every third Friday of the month. For more information, contact the project's Community Outreach Liaison, Vivian Woo, by telephone at (800) 714-0454 or by e-mail at route9a@dot.state.ny.us.
The project began June 1st, 2007 and is expected to be substantially complete by the middle of 2009. The official completion is scheduled for the end of 2009.
The four-stage project will involve temporary traffic and sidewalk shifts, but advance community notification, signage, and detours are a key part of the construction program. To help alleviate traffic congestion, SDOT will assign traffic enforcement agents and maintain six lanes of traffic and the West Street bikeway/walkway at all times.
While city DOT is typically responsible for street and sidewalk construction projects in the five boroughs, the state is responsible for highways such as Route 9A (West Street).
