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Public commenters raise concerns about roadside signage, park consolidation, downtown shelter location and request EIS for salt mine
Summary
During the committee’s public comment period on Jan. 13, residents urged county attention to visual clutter from driveway and billboard signage, proposed consolidating county park services, questioned shelter placement in the city center, and asked legislators to seek an environmental impact statement regarding a salt mine/Cargill permit matter.
Two members of the public addressed the committee during the Jan. 13 public comment period with separate topics: roadside signage and landscape protection; park consolidation and shelter siting; and a request for county legislative support to press for an environmental impact statement related to a salt mine permit.
Signage and landscape protection
A native Ithacan (identified in the transcript as a resident who said she has appeared before the committee previously) told the committee she is concerned about increasing numbers of driveway signs and billboards that block views of wildflowers and trees on routes including Coddington Road and state routes 30 and 366. She…
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