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Town board delays site-plan approval after DOT opposes driveway onto Grand Island Boulevard

2664283 · March 17, 2025
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Summary

A planning-board-recommended site plan that included a driveway onto Grand Island Boulevard was tabled after an Erie County Department of Transportation review said it would not permit the boulevard access. Board members asked the applicant and staff to work with DOT before taking further action.

The Grand Island Town Board on Wednesday left a site-plan approval on the table after the county Department of Transportation told town staff it would not allow a driveway connecting the proposed development directly to Grand Island Boulevard.

The site plan had been recommended for approval by the planning board, but town planning staff told the board the DOT letter — received during SEQR/coordinator review — indicated DOT “does not want the driveway to Grand Island Boulevard” and that traffic should use the…

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