Albany, NY – Lawmakers Press DOT for Route 17 Barriers

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    Albany, NY – State transportation officials said they couldn’t “justify” building a potentially life- saving barrier along the Route 17 median three years ago, but a half-dozen recent head-on fatalities has some political leaders calling for action.  

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    Area lawmakers whose districts include Route 17 say they are putting pressure on the state Department of Transportation to finally install barriers along the highway’s median in Orange County. 
    Six people have lost their lives in the past 15 months because vehicles crossed the grassy median and plowed into oncoming traffic. In the past 12 years, 12 people have been killed in such crossover wrecks in Orange and Sullivan counties.


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    OnlySimchas
    OnlySimchas
    17 years ago

    In other words it takes years and many many deaths untill its worth it for them

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    17 years ago

    nebech yiden too got killed if this would have been there 2 years ago titelbaum and his wife and there cousin weiss would still be with us .. …