RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NYSDOT) INSTALL OR PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF NEPPERHAN AVENUE AND AXMINSTER STREET
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WHEREAS, City of Yonkers has received numerous complaints regarding traffic operations at the intersection of Nepperhan Avenue and Axminster Street, including complaints about motor vehicle accidents, excessive delays trying to exit Axminster Street, high vehicle speeds on Nepperhan Ave and the inability to cross Nepperhan Ave safely; and
WHEREAS, intersection control is the jurisdiction of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) due to Nepperhan Avenue being a NYS Arterial; and
WHEREAS, The City hired an outside consultant, LaBella Associates, to study the Nepperhan Avenue corridor and the results of their traffic signal study at this intersection indicate that it would benefit from traffic signal control.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that by the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Yonkers, New York, hereby urges the NYSDOT to permit installation of a traffic control at the intersection of Nepperhan Avenue and Axminster Street; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City Council requests that the NYSDOT cover the cost install the traffic control at its cost, however, should it not cover the cost, that it allows the City to install a traffic control device at its own cost; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.