Drivers can’t get it right now.
The state has installed a garbled new sign on the Staten Island Expressway – pointing motorists to the “Geothals Bridge”.
Borough residents reprimanded state transportation officials for the error, which is located next to a New Jersey-bound lane about a quarter mile before exiting Richmond Avenue, Staten Island Advance stated
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“People with great jobs,” read a Facebook post – including a hold up about the misuse of taxpayer money to get the North and State Department of Transportation “jobs” to get their highway signage right, the paper said.
The bridge that connects Staten Island and Elizabeth, NJ, is named after the late General George Washington Goethals, a New Yorker best known for his role in building the Panama Canal.
A State Dot spokesman reported that the signs on the post were installed by an outside contractor, and would be replaced “at the contractor’s expense”.
“We are aware of the misspelling of the markings and are taking immediate steps to resolve the issue with the contractor who was responsible for the construction and installation,” said Joe Maurice.
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