Work on the Roslyn Viaduct goes forward, but the way it is being conducted is proving to be troublesome for Roslyn Harbor residents.

The reconstruction project, as one might guess, involves a great deal of concrete. Tully Contracting, a Roslyn-based firm, is in charge of transporting that concrete to the construction site.

At a public meeting last Thursday, village trustees and local residents further discussed the issue with Tully representatives.

At issue is the 412 or so truckloads of pre-formed concrete beams that must be transported from Glenwood Landing to the Viaduct.

The route, Roslyn Harbor Mayor Gerson Strassberg said, will be from Glenwood Road to Bryant Avenue, about 1.3 miles in all. The neighborhood, the mayor said, is "100 percent" residential.

A single truckload, he added, contain 100,000 pounds of concrete. In all, Tully, the mayor said, will be transporting 50 million pounds of such concrete through the middle of the village.

Tully, the mayor said, has told the village that it plans to make three or four loads a night, throughout a 100-odd night schedule. The runs are scheduled to be from midnight to 5 a.m.

Mayor Strassberg and village residents worry about possible damage to the roads that may come from the deliveries. They also are concerned that such deliveries will block both lanes of traffic. The mayor said each delivery would be made with a police escort.

Mayor Strassberg hopes that Tully can be convinced to use the West Side of Hempstead Harbor, one located on a less residential area in Port Washington as an alternate route.

"Tully Construction, working with the New York State Department of Transportation is doing everything we can to listen to the village, to work with the village, and to be responsive to the village," said Gerard Terry, an attorney for Tully.

This past Tuesday, Tully representatives and Roslyn Harbor officials met at Roslyn Village Hall to continue the dialogue on the transportation issue.

The Roslyn Viaduct construction project is an attempt to upgrade a bridge that was first built in 1948. Construction is expected to last until the spring of 2008. Until then, the bridge's four lanes have been reduced to three. Two westbound lanes are open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and two eastbound lanes are open from 3 to 10 p.m.

According to published reports, the projected cost of the project stands at $127 million, up from the original projection of $88 million.