For the past several weeks, lanes on the Exit 37 service road of the Long Island Expressway that leads into East Hills have been closed off, sometimes causing delays for motorists. According to officials with Poscillio Construction, parts of the service road may remain blocked off probably until sometime in June, as workers continue work on a retaining wall that is part of the LIE expansion project.

The construction project is moving along on schedule, still set to be completed by October. The construction of the retaining wall has forced traffic to be moved into a single lane at points along the service road, especially as it reaches Roslyn Road. In addition to putting up the retaining wall, ground has already been cleared and is being leveled to make room for more service road expansion. At the end of May, construction crews will also begin putting beams on the Roslyn Road bridge. That will also cause service road lanes to be blocked off.

Construction began in early March with numerous trees along the service road being chopped down. In addition, two residential properties that had been purchased by the state were also destroyed.

On the weekend from March 31 to April 2, the service road was shut down while construction crews demolished the southern third of the Roslyn Road bridge as part of the widening of the entire bridge.

Before any construction began, the New York State Department of Transportation had to come to an agreement with the Village of East Hills over that village's objections to certain elements of the LIE expansion plan. After a three-and-a-half year legal struggle with the state, the village received the concessions it was looking for, including those regarding the size of HOV lanes, supplemental police services "when needed" and money from the state for additional busing services for local schoolchildren.