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Planning board closes hearing on 17M warehouse after DOT asks for left‑turn design; residents press for fuller review
Summary
The Town of Goshen Planning Board closed a continuance public hearing on a proposed warehouse/office project on 17M at Cannon Hill Drive after reviewing DOT comments that request a conceptual design for a westbound left‑turn lane; residents pressed the board to keep the hearing open until traffic mitigation is resolved.
The Town of Goshen Planning Board closed a continuance public hearing June 5 on an application for a warehouse and office site plan covering about 8.9 acres at 17M and Cannon Hill Drive after the applicant and state transportation officials flagged a left‑turn lane issue.
The applicant’s representative, Joe Pfau of Pfau (representing the owner), said New York State Department of Transportation staff reviewed the project and asked for a traffic impact study and a conceptual design for a westbound left‑turn lane onto 17M. Pfau said the project’s consultant found the new development would raise trips on Cannon Hill Drive by about 7% in the morning peak and about 13% in the evening peak. “We hired Creighton Manning to do that study,” Pfau told the board, and the study concluded a westbound left‑turn lane is warranted.
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