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RFH 2010, Which Way for the Five-Way?

State Makes Suggestions for Five-Way Intersection

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

State Makes Suggestions for Five-Way Intersection

The New York State Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over Rte. 12B through the village, recently added three ideas to the discussion of Hamilton's five-way intersection. The village Board of Trustees are considering these ideas as well as the recommendations of the Task Force that was created to study the conjunction of Utica, Madison, Payne, Broad and Lebanon streets at the heart of downtown.

Here are the DOT's suggestions:

Imagine you are driving south on 12B (Utica Street) and approaching the current five-way intersection. Now, consider for a moment these scenarios:

1. You can either turn right on Lebanon Street or continue south on 12B (Broad Street), which now has a solid center divider. Turning left on Payne or Madison streets at the traffic light is no longer an  option. Those streets are blocked off.

2. 12B South (Broad Street) is closed to through traffic. Now the space in front of the businesses and the village green is essentially a parking lot. You can turn right on Lebanon Street; turn left on Madison Street OR follow 12B south around the village green on what is Now East broad Street.

 3. Again, you can turn right on Lebanon Street or continue south on 12B (Broad Street). Now on your left, there is a traffic island that that steers northbound traffic to Utica Street or straight ahead onto Madison Street. The village green has been extended so as to leave just one lane of Payne Street heading west.

The trustees are under no obligation to accept any of these suggestions or the recommendations of the task force, which was created at the behest of the Partnership for Community Development.

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