Pump the gas! Officials demand legislation to accelerate BQE repairs

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall it a fury road.State lawmakers must pass legislation to speed up the reconstruction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway by three years and save the city $300 million before the legislature lets out for summer in 11 days, officials demanded at a press conference in front of the crumbling roadway on Friday.
A bill in the state Assembly would authorize New York City to use a streamlined process called “design build” to s