Roosevelt Island Motorgate Parking Garage Gets Some Improvements - Waterproofing, Straight Parking Line Stripes, More Motorcycle Spaces and Greater Safety

Image of Confusing Motorgate Garage Parking Stripes

 A previous post from August 24 reported:

There are a lot of cars at Motorgate that park outside the parking lines and as a result take up more than one space. Some cars park in the small car areas that are very big and this makes it difficult to get around the turns. Most of the parking lot lines are old, not clear or bright so a solution might be to paint these with a bright reflective paint. Also the rules should be enforced or penalty system agreed to make sure people parking follow the rules.

Starting today, the parking line stripe problem at the Motorgate Garage should be significantly better, at least on the Third Level.

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) has been conducting a project to waterproof the Motorgate Garage. With surplus funds available from the waterproofing project, RIOC was able to remove the diagonal, crisscrossing and overlapping parking lines and replace them with, for the most part, uniform and straight parking lines on the third parking level. The process involves shotblasting the concrete floors to clean the oils and dirt, applying a sealant to create a clean waterproof surface and then painting the straight parking lines.

RIOC intends to make the parking spaces on other levels straight as well but they do not yet have the funds allocated for the work.

RIOC also increased the number of motorcycle spaces available on the third level as well as made certain safety improvements to the third floor.

Last Friday, RIOC Vice President of Operations Fernando Martinez took me on a tour of the Motorgate Garage and explains the changes made.

You Tube Video of Motorgate Parking Garage Improvements