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Aug
01
2008
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
Even though Lansing's town sewer project was killed town officials have been trying to recoup some or all of the money spent, and to keep the $4.2 million of state bond act money available for future sewer projects. But with New York State $6.4 billion in the hole, Lansing's ability to use the money allotted to the town may be in jeopardy. A week ago last Tuesday Town Supervisor Scott Pinney received a letter from the NY Department of Environmental Concervation (DEC) that effectively said, 'Use it or lose it.'
Town Councilman Bud Shattuck, who chaired the town sewer committee and has been shepherding the Warren Road sewer project to fruition, wants the town to be reimbursed for the engineering and incidental costs garnered by the sewer project. He alsowants to recoup the money the Village of Lansing spent on the Kline Road bypass. " We're looking to recoup as much as we can," he says. "This Warren Road project could not have happened without the Kline Road bypass. We'll looking to get the money that was expended by the Village of Lansing to pay that off and to recoup some of our engineering costs for all of the work that we did before."
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Jul
25
2008
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
For some time Village of Lansing Trustees have been talking about expanding their campus by removing a 500,000 gallon water tank just above the Village Office, east of Oakcrest Road. But removing the tank has been delayed by Southern Cayuga Lake (Bolton Point ) Intermunicipal Water Commission plans to paint a 1.5 welded steel tank on Horizon Drive just east of Burdick Hill Road. Now the Village and Bolton Point are planning to build a new 900,000 gallon tank that may mean the Village Office tank will be removed by next summer. "This tank will be replaced by a fraction of the new tank," says Mayor Donald Hartill. "We already have in place most of the infrastructure that we need to be able to do that."
All the water for the Towns of Lansing, Ithaca (not including the city), and Dryden, and Villages of Lansing and Cayuga Heights is pumped from Cayuga Lake to the Burdick Hill tank. That tank, in turn, feeds 21 other tanks that deliver water to customers throughout the five municipalities. A pump station on the property pumps water to the Village Circle and Bean Hill tanks in the Town of Lansing, providing the town with its primary water supply. A pump station attached to the Village Office pumps water from the Burdick Hill tank to the six base tanks and the three million gallon East Hill tank. Currently the Oakcrest tank and another at the airport are located in the Village of Lansing.
A second tank will be located next to this one east of Burdick Hill Road
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Jul
25
2008
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
Last month the Route 13 Triphammer Road overpass was hit by a truck, damaging I-beams that are part of the bridge's structure. Village of Lansing Mayor Donald Hartill said at Monday's village trustee meeting that it may be a year or more before the state repairs it. "I was in Chicago," Hartill said. "I got an email the bridge had been hit. It will be about a year before the state will get around to fixing it. It will probably involve tearing up the sidewalk, replacing that I-beam, and refurbishing whatever needs to be refurbished."
Hartill says that the truck was piled high with pylons used to make windmills. "They are off-loaded from ships onto these very elaborate trailers that can lower themselves down so that they just skim the road," Hartill explained. "Normally they take them up over the ramps. For some reason this turkey decided he could make it through. He apparently didn't slow down that much. The pilot car, which has a whip on it to monitor the height... apparently the whip wasn't tall enough or adjusted properly."
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Jul
25
2008
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by Marion Read
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
 WASHINGTON, D.C. - With uncertainty in the housing market threatening homeowners and families across the country, U.S. Representative Michael A. Arcuri (D-Utica) voted yesterday for a comprehensive, bipartisan response to the mortgage crisis that will help families keep their homes, aid local communities hit by the foreclosure crisis and strengthen financial markets and the economy.
"The mortgage crisis impacts all of us, even if Upstate New York hasn't been hit as hard as other regions - financial uncertainty can spread from bank to bank and we must be diligent to stop this crisis before it affects any more local families," Arcuri said. "I want to praise the President for his work on this critical measure to help local families. The bill we passed yesterday will help homeowners keep their homes and get our economy back on track."
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Jul
23
2008
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by Dan Veaner
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
On July 28 at 7:15 P.M. the Town of Lansing Planning Board will be reviewing the Site Plan for the proposed Cayuga Farms condo project. The Developer has proposed the construction of a 138 Unit Condominium project on North Triphammer Road between Michaleen’s Flower Shop and Asbury Road. Click here for plan.
Another project currently under consideration is the Lansing Commons Subdivision. The Developer has proposed a 37 lot Residential Subdivision on Cayuga Vista Drive. This project will include Single Family and Duplex Homes. Click here for plan.
Public input is welcomed and appreciated.
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