Milling and paving continues along Houston ahead of bike lane upgrade

City workers have resurfaced eastbound lanes on Houston Street from Second Avenue to Suffolk Street...

As first reported last Monday, the DOT is upgrading the existing bike lanes on Houston Street between Second Avenue and the FDR. Crews still have the roadway from Suffolk Street to the FDR left to do ...

Here's a recap of what is happening with the improvements in the days/weeks ahead: 

• Resurfacing of Houston between Second Avenue and the FDR
• Installing parking-protected bike lanes on Houston between Forsyth and the FDR 
• Installing delineator-protected and curbside bike lanes on Houston between Second Avenue and Forsyth .. and between Ludlow and Essex
• Creating painted pedestrian islands along Houston between Ludlow and Avenue C 
• Installing new bicycle parking on Houston at Orchard and Avenue D 

Plans for protected bike lanes along this corridor date to the fall of 2020 ... and put into place to provide cyclists a safer passage on city streets with the closure of the East River Park Greenway until 2026. 

This Houston Street work comes four months after the $1.45-billion East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project shut down bike access along the East River starting at Montgomery Street. 

The DOT pointed out the work in a tweet from late last week...

Work has begun on protected #BikeNYC lanes on E Houston St (FDR Dr to 2nd Ave) in #Manhattan. This work will:
🚴‍♂️ Install Protected Bike Lanes
🚶‍♀️ Add Pedestrian Space
🚗 Organize and Calm Traffic
🚦 Improve Signal Timing pic.twitter.com/D4RqG3dq9U

— NYC DOT (@NYC_DOT) April 1, 2022

Up next: Milling, then paving the westbound lanes along the same Houston Street corridor...

Based on the posted notices between Avenue A and Avenue C, it looks as if work will start here tomorrow (Tuesday) evening ...