The state plans to improve the Routes 113/16 and Wildwood Road intersection by Coleman’s in Albany at a cost of $7.6 million. Not widely known to the public, it is a project that was scrubbed but will be reinstated. It is an intersection that now has a stop sign for traffic joining Route 16 from Route 113, but once slowed traffic with just a yield sign.
There were 19 responses via email, voicemail and Facebook to this week’s Tele-Talk question: Do you think it is worth spending $7.6 million on the Routes 113/16 by Coleman’s, and, if so, how would you recommend improving it?
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