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Rotterdam roundabout brings praise, few accidents
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Justin Mason (Contact)
Gazette Reporter


ROTTERDAM — Mary Lou Amedore was skeptical about the proposal for a single-lane roundabout in Rotterdam.
The Carman Road resident frequently passes through the bustling intersection of Curry Road and Hamburg Street and was well aware of its notorious congestion. However, the notion of taking out the street lights and inserting a traffic-calming circle seemed too foreign for her to grasp while it was in the planning stages.
“I was nervous about it,” she confessed while running errands Thursday.
All of her doubts faded away once the roundabout opened last month. Like most motorists, she breezes through the intersection now and no longer drives out of her way to avoid its traffic.
“I can see the difference in the way the traffic flows,” she said.
And she’s not alone, either. Motorists and Rotterdam police alike are lauding Schenectady County’s first roundabout for reducing the long waits and the severity of accidents at the intersection.............>>>>..................>>>>...................................................http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/aug/28/0828_rottround/

There absolutely must be something to blame on Tommasone, some issue, or failure, that can be used as a campaign device in order to affix some blame? Someone find it, and you will get a gold star sticker affixed to your homework by O'Connor or Godlewski.

You think Tommasone had anything to do with getting the round about?  Good or bad? You really think had any input into this.  It was the state DOT that initiated the project.  But nice try Bonnie

That's how the game works.  If Democrats held the majority on the town board and there was a Republican Governor, then Bonnie would give credit to the Republican Governor for getting it done.  But since it's a Republican town board and a Democrat Governor, then of course, the Republican town board gets the credit.  It's a tiresome game, but sadly to say, people buy into it.  

Who was the party in power that set up that fabulous Metroplex thing again??

It's tough to find a Republican to go on record and speak ill of the Metroplex.  Isn't that right Bonnie?

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There absolutely must be something to blame on Tommasone, some issue, or failure, that can be used as a campaign device in order to affix some blame? Someone find it, and you will get a gold star sticker affixed to your homework by O'Connor or Godlewski.

I don't agree with this entire REMS issue. Whoever votes in favor of it, will not get my vote! If REMS wants to cover the area, then they should become an independent viable private business. Compete!

If obamacare gets passed, it will be even less insurance reimbursements. So who will be left paying the difference? US..THE TAXPAYERS! It needs to be privatized!

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You think Tommasone had anything to do with getting the round about?  Good or bad? You really think had any input into this.  It was the state DOT that initiated the project.  But nice try Bonnie

I was being facetious.

Is it the state DOT that is also initiating the roundabout on erie blvd? I thought that was a stratton thing. If it's the DOT...than the anti-roundabout people are having discussions with the wrong entity.

Now THAT is a whole different thing. It isn't DOT- that is part of a plan that democrats came up with in conjunction with favored engineers to get rid of the gun shop (owned partially by a Schenectady policeman) and the porn shop. there is NO NEED for a roundabout in the middle of Erie blvd. at that spot.

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Now THAT is a whole different thing. It isn't DOT- that is part of a plan that democrats came up with in conjunction with favored engineers to get rid of the gun shop (owned partially by a Schenectady policeman) and the porn shop. there is NO NEED for a roundabout in the middle of Erie blvd. at that spot.

But don't they need dot's approval? I'm sure there were traffic studies done by dot...right?

you dont just put them there cause they look good...of course DOT did stidies etc.

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ROTTERDAM
Hamburg St. hazard for pedestrians
Business owner calls for additional crosswalks
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter

    Tom Vincent worries about the pedestrians trying to cross Hamburg Street.
    The owner of The Vineyard Wine & Spirits routinely watches people dart across the busy stateowned roadway and fears one of them will eventually be struck. Vehicles routinely speed down the two-mile commercial corridor, which includes a total of four pedestrian crosswalks.
    Last week, he watched a mother pushing a stroller try to cross the street by his store. He said it took her more than five minutes to find a gap in traffic long enough to make it to the other side.
    As a business owner, he sees additional crosswalks as an easy way to make Hamburg Street a more pedestrian-friendly center of commerce for Rotterdam. As a resident, he sees them as an imperative to prevent a tragic accident from occurring.
    “I’ll donate the first $1,000 to put more crosswalks in here,” he said from his store last week. “That’s because I don’t want to be the one dialing 911 after a small child gets hit by a car.”
    Making Hamburg Street more pedestrian-friendly is a key point in the recently adopted Exit 25 corridor study. The report suggested Rotterdam could use the bustling thoroughfare to develop a walkable main street area serving the thousands of residents living in Rotterdam’s Coldbrook and Carman neighborhoods.
    Vincent figures the street could use a crosswalk at each intersection to help improve its safety. Over the past two years, he’s alerted the state Department of Transportation, the town and Schenectady County about the issue, but to no avail.
    “They always say they’ll look into it, but nothing seems to happen,” he said.
    DOT Spokesman Pete Van Keuren said he was unaware of any effort to install more crosswalks on the street, but said the state would be willing to look into it. Before adding more crossings, he said the state would need to assess the degree of pedestrian traffic along the road, review any existing studies and then determine the rate of accidents.
    “We could look at the situation,”..............>>>>..............>>>>.................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....1&Continuation=1

OK, on the one hand Tommasone is criticized for being a spendthrift. On the other hand he is trouble for not having the crosswalks built yet. People don't want taxes but they want products and services. The State on the other hand are made up entirely now of the glorious people's party at all levels of control and haven't paid the town the money from the grant that the town will use to build them. Must be Steve's fault again, that makes sense...i am waiting for the spin.

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OK, on the one hand Tommasone is criticized for being a spendthrift. On the other hand he is trouble for not having the crosswalks built yet. People don't want taxes but they want products and services. The State on the other hand are made up entirely now of the glorious people's party at all levels of control and haven't paid the town the money from the grant that the town will use to build them. Must be Steve's fault again, that makes sense...i am waiting for the spin.

I think the accusations of being a spendthrift come from his spending of money where it's not the "most" needed. Of course, everyone has priorities.

I think residents in this corridor are interested in better living, sewers and now crosswalks, however the stupervisor, whoever that may be, needs to balance the needs of the entire town.  Unfortunately, this often gets the hamburg street corridor knocked down the list of priorities, year after year after year.  Some day, it has to be addressed.

It does. But the state, which has spent it's treasure well in advance, dipping deeply into your grandchild's inheritance, is now making grants and handing out IOUs. The town can only spend what they have, and sadly we are learning that we cannot rely on the state to come through with what they have promised. Now what are the areas in which the supervisor spends money where it is not the "most" needed? I am waiting for some facts and figures from various sources here and comparison as to past administrations. Paving of the roads and streets has taken precedence the past few years, and the IDA with Mr. Santabarbara ( a Tommasone appointee) has been working with the merchants there to help with grants for facades, something that was not done in the past. I am curious as to why the opposition wants to close the IDA?