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Sheriff Peter Meskill was at the Lansing Town Board meeting Wednesday to see what services his department could render the Town.  Meskill said he had already had a conversation with Supervisor Steve Farkas about traffic problems in the Myers Park area.  "I just wanted to stop by to see if there is anything you need or your residents need for specific areas or problems with traffic or crime," Meskill said.  "I'm interested in that information so I can take it back to the people I work with to address your needs."

Deputy Supervisor told Meskill that some residents were concerned about speed on Triphammer Road, and had complained about it at a Lansing Town Meeting NY Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton conducted a few weeks ago.  "A couple of long-time residents of Triphammer Road were complaining about the speed limit," he said.  "One of the thoughts was that if the speed has been picking up since the redid Triphammer road that may be one of the spots that you want to patrol once in a while"

Meskill agreed to place some patrols and a speed measuring trailer in the area, and asked which time of day was most problematic.  "We certainly realize that when you set these things within communities that people that live in those communities are usually the ones that get caught," Shattuck noted.

Meskill agreed.  "That seems to be our experience," he said.  "In the last year in different parts of the county when people ask for additional patrolling 75% to 80% (of the ones ticketed) are people who live close by."

Farkas also complained about the increased garbage truck traffic going through Lansing on county and state roads.  "We're already traumatized by 1000 trucks a day, and now we're seeing numbers of garbage trucks going on Route 38 and 34 down to Seneca Meadows," he said.  "We have enough problems now in the morning with truck traffic near Rogue's Harbor."

Farkas said that many trucks are hauling garbage from northern New Jersey, New York City, and the Hudson River area.  He said one of the reasons given for routing trucks here is that drivers got tired of looking at four lane highways, and wanted to travel the scenic byways.

"The problem is magnified, particularly with garbage trucks in the past year and a half," Meskill said.  "A couple of trucking companies were bought and sold, and all of a sudden we have a problem on 79, 90, and 96.  I'll bring it to their attention.  They're not violating the law.  The state highways are built for moving traffic, and that's our problem.  We've been trying to bring it to a State and federal level ourselves, making them aware that it's a concern here."

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