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Work will start up again on Triphammer Road in less than two weeks.  Village Engineer Dave Putnam told the Board of Trustees Monday that Suit-Coat, the contractor for the project will begin the new construction season beginning on Monday, April 3.

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Seven lanes will leadfrom Route 13 into the two malls without slowing down through traffic.

The project was started last year, when most of the underground and utility work was completed.  Utility poles and underground pipes and equipment had to be moved to allow for widened sections of Triphammer, that will improve traffic flow and add bicycle paths and side walks.  In the main entrance area for the Pyramid Mall there will be seven lanes that feed traffic into both the Pyramid and Cayuga malls, including two left turn lanes

As you go north the road will funnel into three lanes.  The center lane will be a left turn lane.  New street lights are already installed along part of the route, though the electricity is not hooked up to them yet.  The road will be lined with trees on both sides, to be planted when the construction part of the project is completed.

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Bicycle paths, sidewalks, new street lights and trees will line the road

Putnam says that to get things started, storm sewer and the remaining utility work will be done by a small crew between McDonald's and Route 13.  Meanwhile, Village officials are preparing to negotiate the cost of winterizing the project at the end of the last construction season.  Mayor Don Hartill says the bill for applying a skin coat alone was for $150,000.  That was a temporary measure to protect the road over the winter months until the project starts again this Spring.

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