The State Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing Thursday, February 5 at Spencerport High School to detail safety improvements proposed for the Rt. 531 Terminus Project in the towns of Sweden and Ogden.
An informational meeting in an open house format is scheduled from 5-6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Project team members will staff project displays and collect public input. At 7 p.m., the formal public hearing begins in the auditorium and includes a short presentation outlining the alternatives studied for the project including engineering, traffic, environmental, right-of-way aspects and the basis for selecting the preferred alternative. There will also be time for public comment.
Project improvements include the current terminus of Rt. 531 at Rt. 36 and along Rt. 31 (Brockport-Spencerport Rd.) west to Salmon Creek Rd. Department of Transportation officials say the preferred design alternative consists of a conventional four-legged, at-grade, signalized intersection at Rts. 531 and 36. Route 531 would transition into Rt. 31 along the existing eastbound on-ramp and connect directly to Rt. 31, transitioning to a two-lane rural arterial west of Rt. 36.
The $15 million project also includes a widening of Rt. 31 and the addition of a center median to separate eastbound and westbound travel lanes from the Rt. 31 tie-in to just east of Gallup Rd. A continuous two-way left-turn lane between Gallup Road and Salmon Creek Road would help to ease travel at intersections, DOT officials say.
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