After consulting with local officials and community groups here, the state is installing precast concrete that looks like a wall of tan stone blocks.
The state, which designed the bike path, and continues to work on safety improvements, has also installed traffic lights at the Pier 40 entrance.
The state installed cameras to watch traffic along the highway in the early 1990s.
Many states have installed the machines in the past year because of a federal deadline.
The state is also installing radiation detectors at weigh stations.
To date, the state has installed extra catch basins to handle some of the runoff.
Rather than sharing the state's authority with local officials as a means of getting things done, the state will install its own administrator with these powers.
So what if the levels are a little high and the state has installed special meters to make sure the store doesn't explode?
The state built the streets, parks, sea wall and garbage disposal system and installed the lights.
In 1999 the state installed an automated de-icing system on the bridge.