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Scenescape: Reconstructing Route 347

Construction workers prepare Route 347 to be widened to three lanes in each direction, laying the foundation for expansion.

Navigating your way through a maze of orange safety cones, shut down lanes and new traffic signals is an everyday test for Hauppauge drivers.

A $26.8 million since August 2011, in effort to expand Route 347 to three travel lanes in each direction to relieve traffic congestion while creating a more motorist and pedestrian-friendly roadway.

In recent weeks, construction workers have finished , and are beginning to lay foundations to shift travel north while expanding and paving the eastbound lanes.

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The construction has not been without incident. On June 29, a contractornear the intersection of Veterans Highway and Route 347, shutting down area roadways for hours.

Check Patch each Friday for the latest updates on progress of Route 347's construction.

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