Monday, March 5, 2012

COLUMBIA TURNPIKE DOESN'T NEED WIDENING.(MAIN)

Byline: JIM GILLESPIE East Greenbush

What has the future in store for us? If we only knew. Some things come as a surprise. Others are quite predictable. It is a foregone conclusion that in all cases when building an arterial-type highway through a specified settled area, you change the nature of the area from one of tranquillity to a ``pass-through'' section at high speeds. The communal spirit is lost forever. This is a law of diminished return.

Presently, in East Greenbush on Columbia Turnpike (Routes 9 and 20), we have a situation that is not unique but bears close attention by fair-minded people. New York state wants to widen the highway (already four …

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