Residents critical widening County Road 39
Shinnecock Hills, Southampton | (0)
“If you widen the road, that increases speeding. It doesn’t necessarily make the road safer,” said Jane Nichols, who conducted a study in November of Southampton property owners along the highway.
Out of 142 property owners along CR39, 50 of whom responded, 44% said they were unaware of the plans to widen the road, and 86% said they are opposed to the taking of their property to widen the road.
According to the Southampton Town Police, there were about five fatalities on CR39 this year, including pedestrians walking along the road. And The Suffolk County Department of Public Works reports that the ...