1993-08-13
SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING
AUGUST 13,1993
5:00 P.M.
MTG#61
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT
Supervisor Michel Brandt
Councilman Pliney Tucker
Councilman Nick Caimano
Councilman Susan Goetz
Councilman Betty Monahan
TOWN ATTORNEY
Paul Dusek
TOWN OFFICIALS
Jim Martin
PRESS
Post Star, Moreau Sun
DISCUSSION HELD REGARDING RED LOBSTER
MAP OF PROPOSED PROJECT PRESENTED TO PUBLIC
Supervisor Brandt -Called meeting to order. There were a lot of questions had as we've gone along here,
some technical questions and we asked Jim Martin to see if he could bring us answer to those. Jim are you
prepared to take it on?
Executive Director, Mr. Martin-As, I recall approximately about a week ago when we last spoke of this
really the questions revolving around the new road revolved around, I would think two central themes. One
of those being the technical aspects and mertis of the road or disadvantegous of a new road and the actual
funding of such an undertaking therefore the so to speak guarantee of such a road being built. I will do my
best to answer the technical aspects of the road the new information we've gotten since the last meeting.
We have Joanna Brunso here from the New York State Department of Transporation and then also the
Glens Falls Transportation Council who, I think will be in the best position possible anyhow to answer any
questions regarding funding and that type of thing and ther realness of the road and the bridge for that
matter so, I'll lead it off. As you all recall we've got a little bit better rendering of the project here in terms
of the road. This is Aviation Road, Route 9, with a major intersection down here. This is Old Aviation
here, okay and Greenway North currently comes in here like this. Now, as you may recall my last
rendering of this we had Greenway North connecting in here and there were some concerns andjustifable
ones on the part of the neighborhood on how are we going to get out of there, and isn't that to short of a
distance, and that type of thing with the stacking. We looked at the possiblity and again, in keeping in line
with one of our goals as, I stated last time and that was protection of this as a single family neighborhood
and perservation of that. The buffer is still here, but now we would use the existing right -a-way of Old
Aviation bring it in here bringing the intersection essentially into the center of the road between the two
traffic lights. Now, the possiblity of this working better than this is certainly evident in that it is in the
center of the road and quite frankly DOT is going to want to leave green time open on Route 9, and 254,
those are the major arterials. The red time allowed here will be long in a nature and the green will be
shorter so there will be an opportunity to enter and exit through this road. Quite honestly the expected level
of service at this intersection even from the beginning is a level of Service E, but that does not take into
account the impact of these traffic lights. As I said, creating gaps in the traffic to allow people to get in and
out. There is a left hand tum lane provided here, and there will be here although not shown here there was
discussion of providing a right hand turn lane here, and a left hand tum lane here, and a right hand coming
in. So, you have a little bit wider throat here so to speak or mouth to the road here, and wider here to
accomodate right hand tums, and you would have that left hand turn land here as well. Now in terms of
volumes on the road. At day one if this were to open up today the expected volume on the road would be
693 cars by directionly at peak hour. It would break down essentially with 480 coming this way and 213
proceeding the other way.