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Sample resident letter re: Route 9A Repairs Our local senator David Carlucci (D -38th Senate District) is sponsoring a bill authorizing the NYS Department of Transportation to study proposed improvements of Route 9A. (The full text of Senate bill S7554 is here: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s7554) The suggested improvements include guardrail installation, underpass renovations, and the fiscal, logistical, and environmental impact of such improvements in the towns of Ossining and Mount Pleasant. This study is a necessary next step for residents to benefit from badly needed upgrades to Route 9A. The bill also sets a timetable, requiring the Department of Transportation to report their findings to the governor and legislature within one year. The Briarcliff Manor Board of Trustees is asking all residents to send an email encouraging support, and passage, of this bill. Residents can prepare an email by simply clicking on this single link: Create email template for NYS Officials. Dear Chairman Kennedy, We applaud Senator David Carlucci’s bill S7554 to authorize a study of long overdue improvements to state Route 9A in Ossining and Mount Pleasant. Deficiencies in the road design, including low bridges and outdated on-ramp designs, make this roadway very dangerous. The undersized drainage structures under Route 9A result in flooding of residents’ homes. These conditions have led to an accident every three days along Briarcliff Manor’s two-mile stretch alone. Many drivers aware of the Route 9A issues detour onto our local side roads overwhelming our roadways, the congestion at the 9A/North State Road traffic light is extremely dangerous, and both create hazardous conditions for local traffic and pedestrians. As a resident of Briarcliff Manor, I encourage you add NYS Senate bill S7554 to your next meeting agenda as well as support its swift passage. Thank you, <Your name> <Your address> Senator Tim Kennedy, Chairman, Transportation Committee, [email protected] Senator Brian Benjamin, [email protected] Senator George Borrello, [email protected] Senator David Carlucci, [email protected] Senator Patrick Gallivan, [email protected] Senator Todd Kaminsky, [email protected] Senator Anna Kaplan, [email protected] Senator John Liu, [email protected] Senator Tomas O'Mara, [email protected] Senator Roxanne Persaud, [email protected] Senator Jessica Ramos, [email protected] Senator Michael Ranzenhofer, [email protected] Senator Luis Sepulveda, [email protected] .

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