Provided in the state DOT environmental report is an aerial view of the proposed project.

Construction on a roundabout that has been in the works for more than a year is scheduled to begin this summer at a cost of nearly $3.4 million.

Completion of the project is targeted for the summer of 2019.

Today, the New York State Department of Transportation announced that the Design Report/State Environment Quality Review Act Environmental Assessment for the U.S. Route 20 and N.Y. Route 60 intersection improvement project in town of Pomfret and village of Fredonia is now available for public review and comment.

The purpose of the project is to address the high number of accidents involving left-turns at the commercial driveways at the approaches to the intersection. The project proposes the installation of a raised median barrier on the approaches, and construction of a roundabout at the currently signalized intersection of Routes 20 and 60 to reduce the number of accidents.

A crash analysis was performed in 2015 by the DOT. The crash rate for the intersection and approaches of is 1.26 crashes per million entering vehicles. The DOT notes this is above the statewide crash rate for similar facilities, which is 0.45 crashes per million entering vehicles. Overall, the DOT study found 97 accidents took place at the location that year.

This project previously received design approval in March of 2017 but the design approval was rescinded due to public comments. As a result, an Environmental Assessment was prepared with further study.

The Environmental Assessment report is now being made available to the public for a two-week review and comment period. One copy of the report is available at each of the following three locations from Monday to February 12, 2018:

• Town Hall of Pomfret, 9 Day Street, Fredonia, NY 14063

• Village Hall of Fredonia, 9 Church Street, Fredonia, NY 14063

• Darwin R Barker Library, 7 Day Street, Fredonia, NY 14063

The document can also be viewed electronically at:

https://www.dot.ny.gov/regional-offices/region5/other-topics

Written comments on the project should be sent to the New York State Department of Transportation, 100 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 with attention to assistant regional design engineer Sanjay Singh.