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Developing Road Preservation Local Law and Road Use Agreements: A Half-Day Forum
April 16, 2012
Tompkins County Council of Governments
And Cornell Local Roads Program
Presents
Developing Road Preservation Local Law and Road Use Agreements: A Half-Day Forum
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Location: New York State Grange
100 Grange Place, Cortland, NY 13045
Does the prospect of more truck traffic than your municipal roads are accustomed have you worried?
How can you protect the highway infrastructure and the taxpayers?
7:15 am Doors Open
7:45 am Welcoming Remarks
8:00 am Road Structure and Allocating Damage Costs Equitably
Lynne Irwin, Director. Cornell Local Roads Program
9:15 am Options for Managing Truck Traffic
Michael Kenneally, Esq. Associate Counsel. Association of Towns of the State of New York
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Strategies for Negotiating Road Use Agreements
Mark Sweeny, Esq. Whiteman Osterman and Hanna, LLP
11:15 am Moderated Panel “Questions and Discussion”
12:00 pm End of Program with live demonstration of Falling Weight Deflectometer
For Registration Contact: Michelle Pottorff at MPottorff@tompkins-co.org
Come prepared with any specific questions or concerns
you would like our panelists to address! Questions may be emailed in advance to MPottorff@tompkins-co.org
Tompkins Co. Road Protection Ordinance Public Hearing Jan. 31, 2011
January 24, 2011
Public Information Meeting January 31 on Proposed Road Preservation Law
Residents will have the opportunity to learn more about the County’s proposed road preservation law at an information meeting on Monday, January 31, beginning at 7:00 p.m., at the first-floor conference room of the County’s Old Jail office building, 125 E. Court Street, Ithaca.
The meeting, sponsored by the Legislature’s Government Operations and Facilities and Infrastructure Committees, will provide information about the proposed local law that would amend the County Code to regulate certain heavy commercial or industrial uses of County roads with the potential to cause road damage. At its February 1 meeting, the Legislature will conduct a public hearing on the proposed road preservation law.
The proposed amendment focuses on any temporary commercial or industrial activity that generates “high frequency, high impact truck traffic”—traffic to or from a single project site generating more than ten truck trips per day for more than three days in a week, involving trucks with a gross weight that exceeds 20 tons, as could occur in activities such as timber harvesting, mining, and natural gas drilling. The law would establish procedures of posting notice on county highways that could be affected by such temporary projects, a permitting system for those seeking exemption for vehicles that provide essential local pick-up or delivery, and bonding to ensure that the condition of County roads, shoulders, and related highway structures is not adversely affected by such truck traffic.
The Legislature delayed scheduling of the public hearing to allow additional time to inform commercial entities and other users about the proposed local law before the hearing is held. Anyone who wishes to learn more about the proposed law is invited to attend the information meeting January 31.
The draft local law is available for review at the County Legislature’s web site at
http://meetings.tompkins-co.org/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=2308 (Under “Attachments,” click on “Lla-11.”)
Media Contact: Michael Lane, Chair, Government Operations Committee, 844-8313 or 844-8440.
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Marcia E. Lynch
Public Information Officer
Tompkins County
125 E. Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel: 607-274-5555/Fax: 607-274-5558
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