Traffic Control Proposal Would
Save Time Reduce Accidents
TOB Industrial Building Picks Up
County Executive Eugene II.
Nlckerson this week made public
proposals to modernize and
automate the traffic control systems
on Nassau's main highways.
" When put into effect," said
Nickerson, " the plan will re-
Roncallo Urges
Conservation
Commission
Town Councilman Angelo D.
Honcallo this week urged a pair
of Nassau legislators to include
the county in a proposed bill to
create a Great South Bay Conservation
Commission for Suffolk
County.
Roncallo spoke with State Senator
Edward J. Speno and Assemblyman
Francis P. Mc-
Closkey, requesting they add
Nassau County to the bill introduced
bySuffolk Assemblyman
Peter Costigan which would
create a conservation commission
" for planning, conservation,
utilization, development,
management and control of water
and natural resources of Great
South Bay in the county of Suffolk."
Roncallo pointed out that the
Great South Bay also runs along
the south shore of Nassau County,
particularly the Town of Oyster
Bay, and any measure considered
for " conserving one of the most
valuable natural resources in the
region" should naturally include
Nassau County.
" I thing the proposed bill is
an excellent one as far as it
goes," said Roncallo. " But, I
believe for it to be effective,
provisions must be mitde to include
Nassau County so the entire
Great South Bay would be
affected, not just a part."
He quoted a section of the bill,
which has been referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means,
to prove his point"... the Bay
operates as a delicate mechanism
duce accidents, increase comfort
and convenience, reduce vehicle
operating costs and peak
hour travel times. It is estimated
that the economic savings
from reduced travel times will
amount to approximately SI 1 million
annually This is more than
the total cost of the improvements,
which will last for many
years into the future. Efforts
are being made to further reduce
the costs to the locality through
the use of Federal and State
Aid."
The recommendations were set
forth in a traffic study done
for the County by the consulting
engineering firm of Wilbur Smith
and Associates. The study concludes
that the " majority of signalized
intersections should be
traffic responsive, computer
controlled and interconnected into
synchronized systems of signals."
Such a system could bring
about reductions in travel times
of up to 42%, the consultants
stated. Integrated into the proposal
are recommendations for
modernizing 1,035 signal installations
so that they conform to
the New York State Traffic Commission's
Manual of Uniform
Traffic Control.
The consultants recommended
construction of 21 subsystems,
in which changes that affect one
part of the Bay may also affect
all other parts..."
He said that unless work on
the Great South Bay is coordinated,
it may adversely affect
the ecological balance of the
bay resource and quality of bay
waters and would be harmful to
the needs of present and future
users.
Roncallo recommended that
any commission formed to develop
a comprehensive, enforceable
master plan for the conservation
of the bay resource,
its marine environment and
shoreline should be bi- county to
achieve maximum effect.
each having a separate computer
controlling up to 100 intersections.
Within each subsystem,
traffic would be monitored by
sensing equipment to determine
speed, volume and density. This
information would then be transferred
to a computer which would
select the most appropriate timing
combination for each subsystem,
thus minimizing delays
to motorists at intersections. Devices
to detect traffic would be
installed at intersections where
low traffic volume streets cross
arterials so that arterial traffic
would be stopped only when
there is actually traffic on the
side street. Another suggested
innovation is changeable speed
limit signs which would be adjusted
automatically by the computer
in response to the traffic
situation. The estimated cost of
installing all 21 subsystems is
$ 784,000.
The modernization of existing
. signal displays to meet State
standards involves installation of
two traffic signal heads for each
multilane approach to the intersection.
Mandated by the State
for implementation by 1969, the
program will require the installation
of a second set of signals
at 1,035 intersections at an e s timated
total cost of $ 5,100,000.
Park Collegian
Gets College Role
Jeanne Henninger of Massa-pequa
Park, a freshman at Wagner
College, has been selected
to play a featured role in the
Varsity Players' production of
" A Man for All Seasons."
A graduate of A. G. Berner
High School, Miss Henninger is
the daughter of Mr. Otton Henninger,
139 Charles Avenue,
Massapequa Park.
Miss Henninger, an English
major at Wagner is a member
of the Wagnerian staff.
Industrial buildings intheTown
of Oyster Bay increased from one
to five and construction outlays
from $ 27,000 to $ 420,657 in the
January and Februarv neriod.
Building permits numbered 127
in January , amounting to
$ 1,530,866 in construction estimates
as compared with 98 in
February with a value of
$ 1,070,691.
The building report filed with
the Town Board by Building Department
Manager, Edward J.
Gaynor, reflects fewer starts
this year as compared with last
year.
There were 29 one- family
dwellings in January valued at
$ 512,971 as compared with 21
in February, $ 432,031. Alterations
and additions numbered 65
in January at $ 172,462 and in
February 55 permits, $ 146,868.
Buildings other than residences
numbered 8 in January, $ 19,010
as compared with 12 in February,
$ 18,595. Commercial
buildings numbered 22 in January,
$ 687, 183 and five in February,
$ 52,540.
Mrs. Joseph Halpert, 300 Bayview Avenue West, Massapequa,
Cerebral Palsy Motor Corps Chairman, shows Motor Corps pin
to Bernard Leve of 325 Bayview Avenue West, Massapequa, one
of the 23 volunteer drivers who will be honored at the next Auxiliary
meeting on March 30.
CANDIDATE CALLS ON COMMUNITY TO ASSIST
Michael Lanzarone, one of the
two announced candidates for
election to the Plainedge School
Board, called on the School Board
this week, to seek the assistance
of all community organizations in
the drive to obtain added state aid
from the legislature. Lanzarone
is conducting a door to door
campaign to obtain signatures on
the education aid petitions distributed
by the Board. He expressed
the hope that other candidates
would join him but pointed
out: " There is no question that
the contribution which individuals
can make is severely limited. I
therefore strongly and respectfully
suggest that the Board contact
all community organizations
so that a significant number of
requests for state aid might be
forwarded to the legislature."
Ahrc Slates White Elephant
The Massapequa Auxiliary of
The Association For The Help
Of Retarded Children will hold
a meeting on Monday, March 27,
at 8: 30 p. m., at St. Michaels &
All Angels Episcopal Church,
Seaford.
The program will feature a
" White Elephant" sale.
Everyone is ordering
Easter Flowers from
Bayview Florist
. BAYVIEW FLORIST
4644 MERRICK RD., MASSAPEQUA PY 9- 7222
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