Trustees approve short-term traffic counts for Carney Group project with conditions

The Cold Spring Board of Trustees on a voice vote approved a Colliers Engineering request, made on behalf of Carney Development Group, to deploy short-term camera units at seven village intersections to collect vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle counts needed for a traffic impact study. A trustee moved to approve the request with two modifications: removal of any possibility of mounting on village trees and that Colliers consider shifting evening commuting hours; another trustee seconded and the board answered in the affirmative.

The board's action follows a presentation by Rich D'Andrea of Colliers, who described the proposed sites (including the intersection of Main Street and 9D) and the short deployment window (a Saturday sample and a weekday sample). The board also required operational coordination: Colliers must notify on-duty officers before deployments, ensure crews and vehicles are clearly identified, and confirm that the village is listed on the project certificate of insurance. "The cameras do collect video. Um but other than what gets transmitted to us, uh it doesn't get shared anywhere," Colliers' D'Andrea told trustees while explaining data handling.