Las Vegas Sands proposes road widening as part of Long Island casino bid

Thursday, November 21, 2024 8:59 PM
  • Candice Ferrette, Newsday

Las Vegas Sands looks to widen the Meadowbrook Parkway as part of a $150 million plan to mitigate the impact of a new casino-resort on the site of the Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, Newsday has learned.

The Nevada-based company’s traffic mitigation efforts include adding one lane on each side of a stretch of the 90-year-old Meadowbrook from the Northern State to Hempstead Turnpike and spending an estimated $20 million to build a new water well to supply the Coliseum site, homes and businesses around it, according to a draft environmental impact statement obtained by Newsday and expected to be released publicly Thursday on the county’s website.