Stony Point councilman expresses his frustrations with the bridge project
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- April
- 28
When I was on the phone with Stony Point Town Board member Geoffrey Finn on Friday, he told me about his frustrations related to the James A. Farley Memorial Bridge’s replacement project.
First of all, he did not like the fact that the recent two meetings, where a state Department of Transportation engineer explained the agency’s revised plans for the project, were held at 10 a.m. on weekdays. Finn said he wanted to participate but did not make it because he was working.
He also said the revised plan, which reduced the impact to the existing buildings along Route 9W compared to the original plans, would not be the best for the community because the plans would not address safety issues at the intersection of Route 9W and Main Street.
I participated in the April 3 meeting at Town Hall, and at that meeting, multiple people — including Stony Point Fire Chief Adam Feuer and Building Inspector Bill Sheehan — expressed similar concerns about the intersection, while George Potanovic, president of the Stony Point Action Committee for the Environment, complimented the revisions. SPACE led the movement to save the Malloy building, which is located at the northeast corner of the Route 9W intersection.
Finn said he would contact the state agency to express his concern.
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