There are no plans currently to modify any of the grade intersections north of Route 199, where use of the parkway has not significantly increased. The grade intersection at Pudding Street in Putnam County is being replaced by a new diamond interchange and work is expected to be completed by the summer of 2021. The state had previously added turn lanes and widened the median so that a school bus would not block the road, but members of the county's Traffic Safety Board, including the sheriff, said that accidents were still too frequent. Similarly, there has been talk in Dutchess County of replacing the Carpenter Road intersection with an interchange.