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The state will begin closing lanes along the Staten Island Expressway on Friday, June 26, for planned weeknight road paving. Resurfacing will stretch from Victory Boulevard to the Goethals Bridge and will require the closure of two lanes of traffic in the work zone from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Staten Island Advance/Vincent Barone)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The state will begin closing lanes along the Staten Island Expressway on Friday, June 26, for planned weeknight road paving.

The resurfacing will stretch from Victory Boulevard to the Goethals Bridge and will require the closure of two lanes of traffic in the work zone from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. It's part of a $7.6 million investment to pave the expressway in both directions

Beginning this Friday, the state DOT says it will begin resurfacing the westbound lanes before moving over the eastbound side. In all, the department estimates that the project will take eight weeks to complete.

Intermittent single-lane closures during off-peak, daytime hours will also occur, according to the state Department of Transportation.

In the DOT press release, the department reminded drivers to travel safely through the construction site.

"Motorists are reminded that fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone. In accordance with the Work Zone Safety Act of 2005, convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual's driver license," the release reads. "It is imperative that motorists drive carefully through this construction zone, for their own safety and the safety of workers."

Repaving efforts coincide with the state's numerous, concurrent projects intended to modernize the aging highway. The nearly $110 million project to add an HOV lane from Victory Boulevard to the Verrazano Bridge is currently scheduled to be completed on time, in August 2015, according the the DOT's website.