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Darn New York State.
TrinityScrimshaw
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There has been some talk here in Upstate New York about building what is called a roof top highway. It will be called the I-98 Corridor and will link the City's of Watertown & Plattsburg together. There is already a State Route that runs between these two towns, but some complain that it passes through too many small villages, and that the speed limits change too often, and it is only a two lane highway.
I never really gave it much thought until I got a letter in the mail today informing me that the I-98 Corridor would be running right through my land cutting it in half. I moved to where I live now so that I could be off the beaten path. I don't want to live right next to the path, and I don't want to lose some of my best pasture land.
They don't need to build a new highway at a cost of over five billion, encroaching on others when they could improve the one that is already there.
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I never really gave it much thought until I got a letter in the mail today informing me that the I-98 Corridor would be running right through my land cutting it in half. I moved to where I live now so that I could be off the beaten path. I don't want to live right next to the path, and I don't want to lose some of my best pasture land.
They don't need to build a new highway at a cost of over five billion, encroaching on others when they could improve the one that is already there.
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I always thought the drive through Tupper Lake, Lake Placid and Saranac was beautiful.
Is the Crystal Diner still in downtown Watertown?
Spider, it could take a while if it is State money but, if you saw how fast they started on the I-81/Ft Drum cutoff, it would make your head spin.
The next time you come up this way look me up.[:)]
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I live in the Town of Antwerp about 3.5 miles North of the Village.
I moved here in 2006 because the Fort Drum over pass was cutting right across a farm I had hunted for years. Now they want to come knocking again. I'm fed up with it!
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I wouldn't worry about it. There's no money for a project like that. As usual, NY State is flat broke and a highway from Watertown to Plattsburg would be a low priority.
I always thought the drive through Tupper Lake, Lake Placid and Saranac was beautiful.
Is the Crystal Diner still in downtown Watertown?
Don't worry about the money.
obammy will print some more.
CP
guntech59,
I live in the Town of Antwerp about 3.5 miles North of the Village.
I moved here in 2006 because the Fort Drum over pass was cutting right across a farm I had hunted for years. Now they want to come knocking again. I'm fed up with it!
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Ahhh, OK.
The growth around here the last ten, or so, years has been staggering. And I don't mean that in a good way. I have friends that just moved to the other side of Adams just to get away from the build up.
I hope they don't dissect your property. You just rebuilt your barn didn't you?
Yea the barn was finished in 2009.
rkba4ever,
I hope they do improve Route 11 instead of building a new highway that will take land from me, and my neighbors. Route 11 already exist, it would cost a lot less in tax dollars to just improve a more direct route that is already there.
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How close would that be to brookfield and waterville? I spent a lot of summers and winter weekends up there hunting with my grandfather. Wonderful land and people...nothing like NY city. I would hate for it to become even more grown up.
Not to worry. Those towns are over 100 miles south of Watertown, not very far from me.
As for the highway thing , here in Binghamton they were going to take out Kamikaze curve here for years (where 17/81 branch off) and the project has sat here because of no funding. Well now the project has just started so maybe the money is beginning to come through I dont know. This reapir is badly needed though. That stretch is one of the most dangerous in NYS in my opinion.
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The worst part about this is that I will have to find another spot to bury my guns![:D][:D][:D]
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I have a place for you![;)]
guess what no more land is being made.
You will have hiway frontage on both sides = sh$$ loads of mulla[:0][;)]
First off Scott you need to come see me . I have a ton of customers from the Oneonta area. Hancock where our shop is , is about 50 miles from there. My brother and cousin both attended Hartwick and O- State.
As for the highway thing , here in Binghamton they were going to take out Kamikaze curve here for years (where 17/81 branch off) and the project has sat here because of no funding. Well now the project has just started so maybe the money is beginning to come through I dont know. This reapir is badly needed though. That stretch is one of the most dangerous in NYS in my opinion.
Gawd how I hate that kamikaze kurve...... I go thru there a few times here and there when I head to PA to go fishing, and my daughters dentist is in Endicott to boot - the merge there is oh so fun during rush hour [xx(]
It may take years, but who knows. There are a lot of Politicians in ST Lawrence County who are pushing this hard, and guess what party they are most affiliated with? I also understand that the Jefferson County board of Legislators has blessed off on it also.[xx(]
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