Members of the Civic Executive Board met with the Suffolk County Department of Public Works engineers and County Legislator Brian Beedenbender on April 1, 2008 to discuss the status of the Portion Road improvement project. Read More...

The Portion Road improvement project has been discussed and analyzed for over six years and much progress has been made since we saw the first plans for the road. This article traces the history of the project and shows how we’ve gotten to where we are today.Read More...

In the September newsletter, we reported in detail on the status of the Portion Road project. At that time our biggest concern was that the Suffolk County DPW was insisting that a full widening to 5 lanes was required between Hawkins Avenue and Cenacle Road-Smith Road. The need for the extensive widening was being caused by capacity concerns at the Patchogue-Holbrook Road/Hans Boulevard intersection. Read More...

A meeting was finally held with the Suffolk County Department of Public Works engineers and political leaders from the town and county to discuss the status of the Portion Road improvement project and the results of the Community Visioning meetings that were held in October 2004. Read More...

Access Management
The final plans for Portion Road are still being developed by the Suffolk County Department of Public Works engineers. The process is not moving as quickly as we had hoped it would when the Visioning Meetings with the community were held back in October 2004. Read More...

The Proposed “High-Point Town Center” on Portion Road
As reported in March, it will be relatively easy to implement the visioning plan to develop and enhance the main Lake Ronkonkoma Business District near Hawkins Avenue. That area has many of the characteristics of a traditional village shopping district and the revitalization plan will be straightforward. Read More...

Over the last several months we have been discussing the various ways Portion Road will be improved to make our community better. One issue that has been frustrating many of us as we have looked closely at the features of the existing road is the large amount of litter along Portion Road and the other roads in the community. The new Portion Road will have nice trees, sidewalks, curbs and other amenities, but if the litter problem persists, it will not be enjoyable to walk or bike along the road, and even the car trips down the road will be disappointing.Read More...

The Downtown Lake Ronkonkoma Business District at Hawkins/Ronkonkoma Avenues
When the Community met in October 2004 for the Visioning Meetings there was a lot of interest and discussion on how to design the new Portion Road so that it would enhance the Downtown Lake Ronkonkoma Business District. Read More...

The planning for the new Portion Road is proceeding. The Civic Organization is working with the Town and County officials, planners and engineers to integrate the ideas that surfaced during the Visioning weekend into a cohesive roadway plan that will meet the needs of the community and the users of the road.Read More...

Last month (see below) we reported on the results of the October Visioning Meetings and mentioned that the design for the new Portion Road will be very community-friendly. However, the visioning process did much more than just focus on the width of the roadway and the number of lanes that will be built. Read More...

The formal Visioning Meetings that were held in October have concluded and it is now apparent that the Portion Road project will not be a typical County widening project. What started out as a major widening to five lanes with full shoulders, has now been scaled back significantly. Read More...

The long-awaited Portion Road Visioning was held October 22 – 25, 2004, at the Sachem Public Library.Read More...

The CR16 Committee (now the Portion Road Renovation Committee of the Lake Ronkonkoma Civic Organization) was formed in April 2000 to urge the County to reconsider its plans for Portion Road and to adopt smart growth principles and innovative traffic planning techniques that are being applied in communities across the country to create a safe, attractive and efficient Portion Road.Read More...