* § 153-b. Further additional powers of the authority. The authority\nshall have the power, in addition to the powers granted in other\nsections of this title:\n 1. To construct an extension of Meadowbrook state parkway from the\nSouthern state parkway to the Northern state parkway with incidental\nroads, structures, facilities and bridges and to maintain, reconstruct\nand operate such extension;\n 2. To reconstruct, widen and otherwise improve and thereafter\nmaintain, reconstruct and operate (a) Southern state parkway, together\nwith incidental parkway facilities now existing or hereafter\nconstructed, on and along said parkway, from and including a connection\nwith the Belt parkway to Wantagh avenue and to acquire real property and\nrights therein for future widening of Southern state parkway between\nWantagh avenue and the easterly boundary of Nassau county, (b)\nMeadowbrook state parkway from Merrick road to the Southern state\nparkway, and (c) Wantagh state parkway from Merrick road to the Southern\nstate parkway;\n 3. To construct, reconstruct, improve and thereafter maintain and\noperate facilities such as gasoline, comfort, repair and storage\nstations and other similar facilities along the route of the extension\nof Meadowbrook state parkway referred to in paragraph one of this\nsection and the parts of the parkways referred to in paragraph two of\nthis section, to contract for such construction, and to lease the right\nto construct and use such facilities on such terms and for such\nconsideration as it shall determine, provided, however, that no lease be\nmade for a period of more than ten years from the date when it is made;\n 4. To construct and maintain over, under, along or across the\nextension of Meadowbrook state parkway referred to in paragraph one of\nthis section and the parts of the parkways referred to in paragraph two\nof this section, telephone, telegraph or electric wires and cables, gas\nmains, water mains, and other mechanical equipment not inconsistent with\npark or parkway purposes; to contract for such construction and to lease\nthe right to construct and/or use the same on such terms and for such\nconsideration as it shall determine, provided, however, that no lease\nshall be made for a period of more than ten years from the date when it\nis made. The authority shall also have power to grant, with respect to\nany real property under its jurisdiction, on such terms and conditions\nand under such regulations and restrictions as the authority shall deem\njust and proper, licenses or easements to any governmental agency of the\nstate of New York or to any municipal corporation, public district or\ngovernmental agency thereof, or to the United States of America or any\ngovernmental agency thereof for any public purposes and in addition\nthereto may grant licenses or easements to individuals, partnerships and\ncorporations for drainage facilities, sewers, water and gas mains,\nelectric and telephone conduits, and railroad facilities. The authority\nshall also have power to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any real\nproperty or interest therein acquired at the cost and expense of the\nauthority pursuant to the exercise of the powers granted by section one\nhundred fifty-eight-b of this title which is not necessary for its\ncorporate purposes or whenever the board shall determine that it is in\nthe interest of the authority to do so. The proceeds of any such sale\nshall be paid to the authority and applied to its corporate purpose.\n 5. To charge tolls for the use of the part of Southern state parkway\nimproved by the authority subject to and in accordance with any\nagreements with bondholders made as hereinafter provided. The toll shall\nbe ten cents unless the revenues from such tolls and the income from the\nfacilities authorized by the foregoing provisions of this section are\ninsufficient to meet all obligations of such agreements and to pay the\ncosts of operating and maintaining the pa
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