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Beginning today, motorists will not be able to use a portion of
Catherine Street in the village of Saranac Lake.
The
section of road between Bloomingdale Avenue and Marshall Street will
be blocked off with a barricade from December 30 to April 2, 2010.
Village officials opted to close the road after receiving a letter
from Todd and Hilary Smith, who reside at the top of the steep hill.
According to the correspondence, winter weather makes driving up or
down the street dangerous.
Department of Public Works Superintendent Robert Martin told village
trustees recently that the steep section of Catherine Street used to
be closed to motor vehicles in the winter.
“I’m
not sure when we discontinued the practice of closing that part of
the road,” he said. “But we used to close it for winter.”
DPW
crews will close the road using semi-permanent barriers.
-Chris Morris, 12-30-09 |