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Village of Lansing Mayor Donald Hartill says there will be two more weeks of mud and dust before contractors begin laying pavement on Triphammer Road.  When complete there will be seven lanes between Route 13 and the Pyramid and Cayuga Malls which will funnel into the malls and three lanes North of Pyramid Drive.  A bus stop is being constructed near the HSBC bank and sidewalks, bicycle paths, streetlights and foliage will finish the project.

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Hartill noted in the Village Trustees meeting Monday that drainage will have to be raised before the asphalt can go down.  This had been done last year, but when NYSEG didn't move utilities on schedule drainage had to be lowered again for the Winter to prevent ice from forming on the road.  The Mayor estimates that added $150,000 to the project. Village officials are planning a ribbon cutting ceremony once construction is completed.  "It will be more than a decade," Hartill said, noting that his first task as Mayor was to defend the project to the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).  "We will have a celebration."

Meanwhile drivers have been adjusting to the traffic delays.  Hartill noted that he has noticed more than average traffic on Cayuga Heights Road.  "Even people who are a little bit upset with what's going on now," said Planning Board Chairman Ned Hickey, "say, "Well they're doing the best they can.'  People that are in a hurry avoid it."

The Mayor says that once contractors begin putting down blacktop it won't be long before they are finished.

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