Public Informational Meeting
June 4, 2010 at 6:30 pm 6 comments
Thank you for attending the public informational meeting that was held on June 17, 2010 at 6 pm at the Saratoga State Park Administration Building – Gideon Putnam Room. The purpose of the meeting was to present draft short-term and long-term recommendations for improving the Route 50 Corridor.
Click on the links to view the drawings from the meeting. Long Term Option 1; Long Term Option 2; Long Term Option 3; Long Term Option 3a; and Short Term Improvements.
Attached are two articles regarding the project; one from the Times Union and the other from The Saratogian.
Thank you for attending the Public Informational Meeting!
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Karen Strack | June 8, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I frequently play golf on the Executive course (par 29). There are often walkers and cutting over to Avenue of Pines from Ballston Ave (Rail Road Run area). Because there is no official path, they just cut across the fairways and there is risk of them being hit by a golf ball. A designated path should be created from Ballston Ave, running behind the 3rd green, straight over to the Avenue of Pines. This would benefit everyone.
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Kathleen McNerney | June 18, 2010 at 12:46 pm
I remain disappointed that the signage for SPAC is so poor. So often I pass the Route 50 parking lot for SPAC and wonder what performance is taking place, whether it be for that day or the coming day(s). A stranger to the area might be encouraged to visit SPAC if they knew what was being performed, otherwise I think they would be inclined to pass right by. Please consider this in your enhancement to the corridor.
Also, when I lived in Brooklyn there was a boulevard which was wide enough for trees, benches and paths for walking/biking. I was often drawn there. If this could be engineered, what a beautiful space connecting the corridor between Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs.
I love the city of Saratoga Springs and look forward to seeing the improvements along this corridor.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Ted Orosz | June 18, 2010 at 11:55 pm
I was not at the meeting, I wish I could have been there.
I like the traffic circle at Geyser Road, it solves a variety of problems but the other two traffic circles don’t seem to serve any apparent purpose.
I’m not sure what is proposed, or why, at White Farms Road in alternative 3.
Providing safe bus stops there are a must.
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Charlie Samuels | June 21, 2010 at 2:54 am
I’m all for increasing bicycle and pedestrian access. Let’s start now to raise the funds to get it done!
Charlie Samuels, member of Saratoga Healthy Transportation Network
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Sara McKay | June 21, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Thank you for making this a reality! We need more bicycle friendly roads in this area.
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John E. Munter | June 23, 2010 at 3:03 pm
A few things to consider:
Future growth in the Town of Milton and the WJ Grande Industrial Park (West of Rt50) will have an impact on the Rt50 / Geyser intersection.
Future growth in Greenfield and Saratoga will impact the West Ave & New St intersections.
Planning now to accomodate this growth (traffic count and pedestrian) will alleviate future safety and budgetary issues.
Don’t think roundabouts will work well in heavy SPAC concert or daily commuter traffic. General opinion on O’s is that they work well in light traffic and are scary in heavy traffic.
In a perfect (non budget restricted) world the pedestrian crossings will be elevated for pedestrian safety and unrestricted vehicular traffic flow.