Town aims to improve Nesconset intersection’s safety
“Smithtown Town Board members plan to discuss at Tuesday’s work session obtaining by eminent domain or purchase a 3,000-square-foot parcel near a busy Nesconset intersection.
Obtaining the property would allow the town to realign the intersection at Lake Avenue and Gibbs Pond Road, moving it about 100 feet south of its current location, officials said. That would create a safer road for motorists who face a blind curve there and allow the Nesconset Fire Department — located at 25 Gibbs Pond Rd. — to more easily maneuver its trucks, officials said.
“It is something that we should be doing to make the roadway safe,” Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio said.
The issue came up at a board meeting last week when Nesconset Fire District chairman John Critelli said Smithtown Attorney John Zollo had concluded incorrectly that the district was willing to pay for the expense of reconfiguring the intersection. Zollo confirmed there had been a miscommunication.”
Harrison, Lauren. News Day 15 July 2013.