HomeMy WebLinkAboutMain Street - GreenportOrient
East Marion Greenport Southold Peconic
R£C;IVED
Town ¢lerl~ $o-tholcl
February 7, 1985
Honorable George W. Hubbard
Mayor of the Village of Greenport
& Members of the Greenport Village
236 Third Street
Greenport, New York 119~4
Board
Gentlemen:
The~reenport-Southold Chamber of Commerce consisting of a
business membership of 250 businesses would like to offer the
following recommendations and suggestions in regard to the propos-
ed change of State Route 25 to by-pass Greenport Village by using
Moores Lane as Route 25 instead of Front Street. The chamber of
commerce through a poll of its membership has concluded that to
do this would not be the answer to congestion in the Village, but
may in tirn have a harmful effect on the businesses and tax paying
residents of the Village. We list the following statements as
examples:
1. Repairs and maintenance of Front Street and parts of Main
Street (including some sidewalks) from Moores Lane would become the
responsibility of Greenport Village and not the State.
2. The maintenance of the traffic light on Front and Third
Streets would become Village responsibility.
3. Winter snow plowing and removal from Moores Lane to Main
Street would be done by the Village not the State. (At the present
State responsibility stops at Main Street, but we are informed that
the snow plo~ continues to plow down Main Street enroute to Route 48.
The chamber feels that Greenport resident taxpayers, local
businesses and the Village itself cannot handle this added expense
and work at this time.
We as a chamber feel the following recommendations are a more
viable and practical solution if a traffic problem exists in the
Village. The elimination of Route 25 down Front Street is not the
answer.
Oreenport llage~ Jrd %~--~ ~'~_ \ Fe
1. LeaYe Route 25 to continue under its present jurisdi~on.
Moores Lane has been a truck route for years and is so markeO. We
suggest also marking it "Alternating Route 25 or non-business Route
25. With proper marking and directional signs, all traffic without
business in Greenport or enroute to the Cross Sound Ferry would
proceed down Moores Lane and not go through the Village.
2. Southold Town can also help by attempting to divert through
traffic and ferry traffic to Route 48 by signs and markers at the
approach to the town in Laurel.
3. The Village could test one side of the street parking on
some of the Village streets during certain hours.
4. Some Village streets could be made one way to help traffic
flow. ,~
5. Better directional signs could be errected for Village
public parking areas.
6. Providing spaces for tourist buses during peak season to
unload and pick up passengers and also while waiting.
We feel that the institution of the foregoing recommendations
would be a more realistic approach to the problem of traffic congest-
ion in the Village of Greenport. The changing of Route 25 would be
an irreversible move while the options mentioned above would be
more feasible, realistic, and would also be the most economical.
The chamber of commerce is interested, concerned, and available
for any further discussion, information and input on this community
matter.
Please feel free to call on us at anytime.
Sincerely yours,
~Henry~,hairman
Greenport Merchants Committee
& Member of the Board of Directors
Greenport-Southold Chamber of Commerce
N.Y.S. Dept. of Transportation
Suffolk County Dept. of Public Works
N.Y.S. Assemblyman Joseph Sawicki Members~j~
Supervisor Murphy & Southold Town Board
Merlon Wiggin, Pres., Peconic Associates
The Suffolk Times
The L.I. Traveler Watchamn
Suffolk Life
Newsday