Cuomo orders suspension of highway roadwork for Independence Day weekend
Traffic travels on the New York State Thruway in Selkirk, N.Y.[File / AP Photo / Mike Groll]
State construction workers will stop roadwork Friday to help ease traffic for anyone traveling during the holiday weekend.
Gov. Cuomo has ordered projects on state highways to be suspended from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
AAA predicts travel over the holiday weekend to nearly fully recover to pre-pandemic levels, making it the second-highest Independence Day travel on record.