Phase II Roundabout Detours Begin
ONEONTA—The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists to expect Phase II construction to begin at the intersection of Lettis Highway (State Route 23) and Main Street (State Route 7) in the City of Oneonta on Tuesday, September 2, and continuing for approximately 1-2 months, weather permitting. Lettis Highway southbound will be closed to all traffic. Northbound traffic will not be able to turn onto Main Street eastbound. The remainder of the intersection will be open.
Motorists are urged to follow separate signed detours for cars and trucks. Find full detour maps at the Oneonta Roundabout project website, https://www.dot.ny.gov/oneontaroundabout. Motorists are urged to slow down and drive responsibly in work zones. Fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone. Convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual’s driver license.
The $4 million construction project, which officials say will improve the safety of the intersection of Main Street and James F. Lettis Highway, is expected to be completed in November of this year.
They started very late and going very slow. But I’m a pedestrian and people speed through the round about all the time since half opened up. No one gives them a ticket, no cops in site. I avoid it and take side streets bc it’s more dangerous then before. Plus as a walker nothing protects us and we also have to stand in the middle of the street to get through it. This was a bad idea and no one that lives here wanted it.
No one who lives here wanted this. It’s more dangerous. People speed through it and I almost got hit by a car speeding already and it’s not even finished. I walk all the time and I have MS and I told my kids to use the side streets to avoid it. It’s not pedestrian safe at all. No cops are around to insure people follow work zone speed let alone normal speed limit. This was a horrible idea. Plus it started late doing this and I see two people work and 6 stand there. Please do something to ensure pedestrian safety