Oct 16, 2026 · 19 min · 9 segments
Hello Nassau! Let’s Talk What’s New & What’s Next A flood-prone North Shore route has $14.6 million in capital funding secured for an overhaul. We look at the Shore Road project serving Glen Cove…
So the North Shore is getting a massive infrastructure update.
We are looking at a $14.6 million capital funding commitment for the Shore Road corridor.
Right.
Yeah, that exact one.
Mm-hmm.
And it's a 3.3-mile stretch of road if you do the rough math.
That is like $4.4 million per mile.
Which sounds insane.
It does.
To someone who just drives over it to get to work, that sounds like an egregious misuse of taxpayer funds.
I mean, how on earth does laying down a three-mile strip of blacktop and pouring some sidewalks cost almost $15 million?
Because they aren't just laying down blacktop.
I mean, if you think about traditional road construction, it's relatively simple.
Just pave it, right.
Right.
You grade the dirt, put down a layer of crushed aggregate for stability, and you roll hot asphalt over the top.
The road is crowned in the middle, so when it rains, the water just runs off into the gutters.
Simple enough.
But Shore Road is a coastal corridor, and the issues here are, you know, recurring flooding and crumbling pedestrian access.
When a coastal road floods repeatedly, it means the traditional gravity-fed drainage system has just completely failed against the modern water table.
See, I always assumed coastal flooding just meant like waves washing over the side of the road.
Sometimes it does, sure.
But the far more insidious problem actually comes from underneath.
Wait, underneath?
So the North Shore is getting a massive infrastructure update.
We are looking at a $14.6 million capital funding commitment for the Shore Road corridor.
Right.
Yeah, that exact one.
Mm-hmm.
And it's a 3.3-mile stretch of road if you do the rough math.
That is like $4.4 million per mile.
Which sounds insane.
It does.
To someone who just drives over it to get to work, that sounds like an egregious misuse of taxpayer funds.
I mean, how on earth does laying down a three-mile strip of blacktop and pouring some sidewalks cost almost $15 million?
Because they aren't just laying down blacktop.
I mean, if you think about traditional road construction, it's relatively simple.
Just pave it, right.
Right.
You grade the dirt, put down a layer of crushed aggregate for stability, and you roll hot asphalt over the top.
The road is crowned in the middle, so when it rains, the water just runs off into the gutters.
Simple enough.
But Shore Road is a coastal corridor, and the issues here are, you know, recurring flooding and crumbling pedestrian access.
When a coastal road floods repeatedly, it means the traditional gravity-fed drainage system has just completely failed against the modern water table.
See, I always assumed coastal flooding just meant like waves washing over the side of the road.
Sometimes it does, sure.
But the far more insidious problem actually comes from underneath.
Wait, underneath?
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