 NYSDOT installed guardrails along the length of I-781 to make up for the narrower shoulders.The site preparation contract—which included the clearing of trees along the proposed I-781 right-of-way—was awarded to The Delaney Group on December 26, 2009.Work on this portion of the project took place from February 2010 to May 31, 2010, and cost $722,000.