From The Desk Of Rick McCabe

The long awaited construction of the Couse Corners roundabout began this July with great hopes of completion by the fall. Our town people worked diligently with consultants and the Department of Transportation(DOT) to assure a smooth transition from the existing roadway layout to the new roundabout.

We have just concluded meeting with National Grid, Verizon, DOT and the contractor to review the schedule and progress to date. Unfortunately, due to Verizon's labor strike, hurricane Irene, and generally poor weather conditions the past month, the utilities have been required to divert their work force to people throughout the northeast who are in dire need of services and have no power or phone service. These delays by Verizon and National Grid have pushed the completion date to a point that we will incur cold weather and freezing temperatures, preventing the placement of blacktop on the roundabout

We have come to a mutual decision that it is best for the project to be placed on hold until April of 2012 whereby the new completion date will be June 1, 2012. Work on the project will continue in to November but the current layout of the intersection will remain the same through the winter months.

We ask that you all please bear with us as our neighbors are dealing with much more pressing issues than the Town of East Greenbush.


Rick McCabe