Mayor Eric Adams is urging the federal government to expedite the long-delayed Brooklyn-Queens Expressway overhaul, warning that without immediate action, the city may be forced to impose truck weight restrictions and face massive traffic disruptions.

In an Oct. 15 letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Adams asked the feds to publish a Notice of Intent by Nov. 14 to begin the federal environmental review for the deteriorating 1.5-mile stretch of the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street.

The mayor called the aging triple-cantilever “a backbone of the regional and national economy” and said further delay “risks consequences to public safety and the regional supply chain.”

The letter marks a late-term push by Adams to advance the project before leaving office in Janua

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