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Design work for Stewart Ave widening approved
CELEBRATING THE SENIORS
Lane widths not compliant with state regulations BY RIKKI MASSAND
The Garden City High School Wrestling Team celebrated its seniors during a ceremony on January 4th. Following the ceremony, the team went on to beat Glen Cove 44-27. See pages 44-45.
Traffic Commission makes headway with Nassau County BY RIKKI MASSAND Garden City’s Traffic Commission reviewed several long-standing traffic issues during its meeting on January 12th, including several which have been ongoing for years. A number of Village Traffic Commission issues pertaining to Nassau County-owned roads were discussed. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi said he and Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson reviewed outstanding items that have been deferred at multiple meetings
because of a lack of communication back from Nassau County. They penned a letter to County DPW Commissioner Kenneth Arnold, as well as an email to Legislator Laura Schaefer, requesting her assistance in addressing the local issues.
Traffic signal rejected
The Village originally requested the study five years ago, on January 11, 2018. Twenty-two months ago, County DPW Commissioner Arnold emailed village officials that the warrant study for the
request had been denied. In January 2022 Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi called Nassau County Director of Traffic Engineering Harold Lutz to follow up on the determination letter, but the final verdict of denying that signal was announced during the Traffic Commission meeting. Suozzi said the idea of a traffic light there was rejected based on Nassau County’s traffic volume counts, traffic-crash analysis and observations by See page 7
At its January 12th meeting, the Garden City Board of Trustees approved funding for initial design work to possibly widen Stewart Avenue by five feet. The item had originally appeared on the Board’s December agenda, but was tabled when several Trustees raised concerns. In December, several trustees expressed concerns due to the thoroughfare’s historic attributes as well as traffic flow worries. Those concerns linger, though no road widening project is currently being proposed by village administration. Village Administrator Ralph V. Suozzi revisited the approval of a lump sum fee of $2,500 for consultant L.K. McLean Associates, P.C. to prepare photo renderings that depict a widening of the roadway width, from 30 feet to 35 feet between Franklin Avenue and Clinton Road. Suozzi said that each year the Village conducts a road paving projects. “In designing these roads we try to make sure we have accurate measurements for budgeting purposes, to handle designs for our construction crews and for our engineering records. The design team noted an issue to us, specifically with the repaving of Stewart Avenue which was brought up during the last budget session and is on our 2023-2024 fiscal year agenda. According to the New York State Department of Transportation Highway Design Manual – for compliance with New York State law – the minimum lane width in the state is 10 feet wide. The entire width across Stewart (including all travel lanes) is about 29 and a half feet. The design team pointed out that compliance issues may be triggered so we’ve asked them to verify that,” Suozzi said. Suozzi requested a rendering of a widened Stewart Avenue to be produced to be able to provide the information to the trustees. He said the rendering, which will cost $2,500, was “just to cover our bases.” “The rendering was being produced because we wanted to make sure our board knew that Stewart Avenue’s lane widths are non-compliant. It will serve just as an aide for board discussion. There was no decision made before or now for widening See page 7
Local leaders visit Troop 55 election PAGE 35 Parent University returns Jan. 25th PAGE 6