- By Dan Veaner
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Village of Lansing Trustees voted Monday to request a speed limit reduction on East Shore Drive from 55 to 45 miles per hour. If successful, the speed limit will be reduced to 45 miles per hour or less for the entire length of East Shore Drive. With the recent reduction on Triphammer Road that means that three main thoroughfares leading from Route 13 into the Town of Lansing will be restricted to 45 mph. Mayor Donald Hartill says the change will make the speed limit consistent from Route 13 to the 34B T-intersection.
Because East Shore Drive (NYS Route 34) is a state road, any change will have to be approved by the New York State Department Of Transportation (DOT).
Reducing speed limits has been an ongoing theme for Village officials. In 2009 the limit was reduced to 45 on the stretch of East Shore Drive starting a bit north of the intersection with Cayuga Heights Road that goes down Esty Hill to the flat section that was already limited to 45mph. This summer a traffic light is being installed at the corner of Triphammer and Craft Roads to slow down traffic going into the Village toward the malls. The Town of Lansing recently had the speed limit on North Triphammer Road reduced to 45 all the way from Peruville Road to the Village border, as well as the Town portion of East Shore Drive.
"There's a short section of East Shore Drive that goes from 45 to 55 and back to 45," noted Mayor Donald Hartill. "I have discussed with a number of people about doing the same thing for the remaining section in the Village. My understanding is that all we need to do is make an official request to do that."
Hartill noted that the Town portion of the road had its speed limit reduced after a petition was submitted to the Town and the New York State DOT. The limit was reduced to 45 miles per hour from Rogue's Harbor Inn to the Village line a bit north of Booker's Backyard Restaurant.
A motion to request that measures be taken to lower the limit to 45 mph was made by Deputy Mayor Gerry Monaghan, and passed unanimously. Hartill said that the change is likely to take some time as he navigates the process of getting the State to authorize the reduction.
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