Route 63/Ellicott Street roadway project focus of open house Oct. 28

Posted by Billie Owens on October 27, 2009 - 10:21pm
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There's going to be an open house from 2:30 to 4:30 and again at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 to discuss the pavement rehab project planned for Route 63/Ellicott Street. It takes place on the second floor of Batavia City Hall, located at One Batavia City Center.

Representatives from the state Department of Transportation will provide the following information about the project, which spans from Ellicott and Main streets to Cedar Street:

  • Pavement repairs, milling and asphalt resurfacing, new pavement markings
  • Re-striping lanes from the four now there, down to three
  • Expanding parking on both sides of the street
  • Construction work planned for summer 2010
  • Traffic maintenance on Ellicott during construction operations using daily lane closures
  • Having both nighttime and daytime construction

For questions or comments, call Dan Farrelly at (585) 272-4875 or e-mail him at dfarrelly@dot.state.ny.us

Here's the official project description:

The DOT is preparing plans to repair and resurface 1.7 miles of Route 63 (Ellicott Street) in the City of Batavia.

The scope of the work includes asphalt pavement repairs, pavement milling 2.5 inches in depth, a 2-inch-thick asphalt overlay, new pavement markings and cleaning of drainage structures.

The pavement markings are planned to change the traffic pattern from four lanes to three lanes, with parking on both sides of the road.

This work will restore a smooth ride, as well as preserve and extend the service life of the Ellicott Street pavement.

Regarding traffic control, traffic on Route 63 (Ellicott Street) will be reduced to a single lane in each direction during pavement repairs and resurfacing operations. Day and nigh time lane closures are planned.

No Route 63 traffic detours are proposed.

Posted by Peter O'Brien on October 28, 2009 - 7:51am
This is the greatest ever!

Chelsea and I are getting married in July at St. Mary's. We also live on Ellicott St. So this is perfect for us.
Everyone loves to see construction cones in their pictures.
Man that nice orange color will complement the wedding colors nicely.

And I'm sure it will be incredibly easy to back out of our driveway now.
Posted by Mark Potwora on October 28, 2009 - 10:22am
A million dollars to restripe a road...priceless
Posted by Chelsea Dobson on October 28, 2009 - 10:35am
Pros:
- Parking on both sides

Cons:
- Construction during day and night
- Less of an ability to go around trucks
- Lane closures
- The road being worked on day and night during my wedding
- Harder for me to get into and out of my drive way
- Another 1/2 inch my car has to clear while getting into my driveway (the drainage thing and slope already make it difficult with my low-riding car)
- A road being worked on that doesn't NEED to be worked on... again
Posted by Amy Davis on October 29, 2009 - 12:21am
More stupid ideas from "somewhere" and those who are looking for the almighty dollar. 3 lanes on the largest truck route in Batavia... "priceless"...maybe a "round-about" at the corner of Liberty...this is really getting ridiculous. Has anyone looked at the streets on the north side where the "proposed" new sports fields are going to be? The side streets are a mess of potholes, sunken manholes and temporary patches. I suppose Ellicott is a state road or whatever...but when is the BS going to stop?