HomeMy WebLinkAboutChapel LaneDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
ROBERT J. GAFFNEY
CHARLES J. I~ARTHA, P.E.
COMMISSIONER
November 23, 1998
Soundview Inn
Route 48
P. O. Box 68
Greenpod, NY 11944-0068
Attn: Jack J. Levine
RE: CR 48. Middle Road, Town of Southold
Dear Mr. Levine:
We are in receipt of your letter of November 10, 1998, regarding concerns in connection
with Middle Road between Albedson Lane and Chapel Lane. The County recognizes the need
for improvements and has established a long-term program to upgrade Middle Road, including
this section.
We are presently progressing the initial process in retaining a consultant engineering firm
to identify substandard highway conditions and traffic operational problems, and prepare plans
and specifications to mitigate these deficiencies. Since we anticipate the necessity to acquire
additional lands to improve some of the major intersections and to provide for the construction of
recharge basins to accommodate highway stormwater runoff, we do not expect construction to
commence until the year 2002.
In the interim, we have been reconstructing the shoulders and repairing deteriorated
pavement along the route. Construction bid proposals were recently received to reconstruct the
shoulders along the nodh side of Middle Road, including the area between Albertson Lane and
Chapel Lane. This work will be progressed in the spring/summer of 1999. Subsequent to
completing the shoulder work, the pavement joints will be sealed with an asphalt material which
will prevent water from reaching the subgrade under the pavement and causing deterioration.
This procedure should also permit a smoother riding surface. In addition, several pavement
areas previously repaired have settled, and it is our intent to repair these defipiencies within the
next several weeks.
3~$ YAPHANK AVENUE
SUPERVISORS OFFICE
SUFFOLK COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRM ATIVE ACTION EMPL.~Y ER TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
($16) 852 - 4000
November 23, 1998
Soundview Inn
If you have any questions or require additional information concerning this matter,
please feel free to contact my office.
Very truly yours,
~'~chard .~Valle, P.E.
Chief Engineer
CC:
Hon. Michael Forbes
Hon. Rick Lazio
Hon. Michael Caracciola
Hon. Jean Cochran
Steven Raptoulis, County Executive Assistant
Charles J. Badha, P.E., Commissioner