This resulted in repaving some sections and complete rebuilding of others. The work involved destroying, moving, or constructing buildings, grading and repaving roads, and more. The first phase consists in repaving the runway as well modernizing the illumination system. Planning and construction were combined with a necessary repaving of Washington Street, reducing costs. The repaving project cost $700,000. This coincided with the repaving and streetscaping project of Macdonald Avenue. On October 11, 2013, the Port Authority announced the completion of the bridge's repaving project. In 1874, Mordechai Rosanes paid for the repaving of the alleyway adjacent to the wall. Less than a month after the first car races, the repaving project began. The repaving project began June 19 and was completed in late July 2017. A repaving project in 1958 temporarily made the bridge a one-way operation for five months. Minor repaving occurred again in July 1957. This was to allow for a complete repaving of the track. On July 15, 2010, repaving of the track began. Each repaving was set to cost $10 million.