During the process, roadway improvements were identified and transportation impact studies were performed to ensure that the proposed future redevelopment would meet current town standards for intersection operations.

Voters rejected an increase in gas and sales taxes that would have generated $483 million a year for major roadway improvements.

According to projections, if no roadway improvements are made, in 30 years, traffic will practically be brought to a halt for three hours or more during peak periods.

Federal funding is requested to complete the planning, design and engineering of the roadway improvements.

Since most roadway improvements are funded by taxes or user fees, it is important that safety improvements pay for themselves.

The roadway improvements began in August 2008, with work on a new four-lane boulevard through the campus, bordered by bike lanes, sidewalks, and will be heavily landscaped.

An expansion program began in 2006 to add additional parking, two new terminals, and roadway improvements.

The roadway improvements, at $10.3 million within the park would come from the state highway fund.

Among the losers was the Harlem waterfront, which was to have benefited from $4.2 million for repair of the bulkhead, roadway improvements and other work.

Despite the issues surrounding the project, the Heartland project received $2.5 million from the State of New York for roadway improvements in December 2011.