BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Crews have started work on the $3 million project to lower the roadway beneath the Norfolk Southern railroad overpasses at the intersection of Front and Clinton Streets in Binghamton.
The office of Binghamton Mayor Richard David made the announcement in a news release distributed today.
The intersection has been the site of “repeated” accidents with tractor-trailers wedged underneath the overpasses, David’s office said in the release.
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The project is “important” for both infrastructure and economic development, Mayor David said in the news release.
“When complete, it will provide critical access for tractor-trailers which for decades had become wedged underneath the overpasses, destroying vehicles and cargo and delaying shipments to Binghamton businesses. This is a good example of maximizing our limited resources and targeting infrastructure and economic-development goals simultaneously,” David said.
The project extends along Front Street from Winding Way to Clinton Street and also includes work on utility, water, and storm-sewer lines and new traffic signals at the intersection of Front and Clinton Streets, according to David’s office.
The city of Binghamton is using state and federal grants to pay for the entire $3 million project, David’s office said.
The city will maintain alternating one-way traffic and detours while the crews continue their work, which should finish in November, the office added.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
