Dear friends and neighbors:
The Town of Oyster Bay posted a Legal Notice for
the upcoming Scoping Meeting for Country Pointe at Plainview (Wang
Property). Per the Notice the Meeting is scheduled for March 13th at
7:00PM at Town Hall, 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay.
The Scoping Meeting is the first of several
opportunities for the community to participate in the Environmental
Review. All residents are welcome to attend the meeting and offer Public
Comment that evening, or if you can't make it, written comments will be accepted
until March 23, 2012 by TOB contact person, James Moriarty Jr., as listed
below.
The purpose of this phase of the SEQRA Process is
to establish a framework for the areas to be addressed in the Environmental
Review. Please review the information provided below in the Legal Notice
and feel free to add your thoughts to the process either in person or directly
to the Town.
Thank you for your attention.
Regards,
Carol
Carol Meschkow-President
Concerned Citizens of the
Plainview-Old Bethpage Community Inc.
Concerned Citizens of the
Plainview-Old Bethpage Community Inc.
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The Wang property if designed with more housing, will only increase traffic on Old Country Road, between the Post office and Route 135. As it is the two turn lanes (going north and south) are usually backed up anytime after 4pm til after 6pm. Headed west on a 4:30 afternoon from the library, I have waited two lights worth before crossing Central park rd, and sometimes two lights more before being able to line up to make the left turn to head south on 135. An increase in population, will mean an increase in cars no matter how you cut it. The route to 135 is already overcrowded. Til now I have heard no plans to accommodate for this and easy the traffic congestion.
ReplyDeleteed's note.. that would be "no plans to accommodate for this and EASE the traffic congestion.
ReplyDeleteTraffic is a fair concern, but office buildings (not residential and retail) would significantly increase traffic between 4 and 6pm. Retail and residential might produce more overall traffic, but spread over the day and weekend, not concentrated during rush hour.
ReplyDeleteThe choke point is rte 135 and Old Country Rd. A stipulation to any planned growth is to have the Old Country Rd overpass at rte 135 widened so there are dedicated turning lanes onto rte 135.
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