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DOT PROMISES MORE HIGH VISIBILITY NO TRUCKS SIGNS ON THE HUTCH AT KING STREET.

Posted on August 1, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR TRAFFICA. From the Westchester County Department of Communications. (Edited) August 1, 2018:

The State has installed temporary signs that boldly tell drivers “TRUCKS MUST EXIT NOW” at both approaches to the King Street Avenue Bridge on the Hutchinson River Parkway.

The State has also informed the County that permanent highly visible signs are in the works.

The New York State Department of Transportation, responding to County Executive George Latimer’s meeting with towns and trucking organizations July 13, under the leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomo, has fulfilled its promise to Westchester County Executive George Latimer to install more dramatic and eye catching signs to warn truck drivers about the low bridges on the Hutchinson River Parkway.

Latimer said: “I’m pleased by this development, but we still have a lot of work to do. We also have to see if these new highly visible signs help the problem.”

After the July 13 meeting, Latimer said there isn’t going to be one solution, but rather many. Among them:

1. Trucking Association of New York will work with County Executive’s Office to establish an education program for users of all parkways that would explain the County’s Parkway System

2- Outreach to mapping companies, like Google Maps and Waze, to update their software to add in warnings for trucks and other commercial vehicles

3- Westchester County Police to gather a breakdown of the statistics on the bridge strikes and the NYSDOT to also share the data they have collected.

4- Evaluate the location where the height barrier (“head banger”) system could be tested

5- Review of bridge strikes on the Bronx River Parkway

6- NYSDOT to alert local police in real time, along with County Police, of trucks entering parkway

The New York State Bridge Strike Task Force is set to meet August 22 at the Hudson Valley Traffic Management Center. That group includes the MTA; Port Authority, New York State Police, New York City representatives as well as representatives from Long Island.

WP RED LIGHT CAMS SHOOT FOR DOLLARS Begins T0DAY August 1st

Posted on July 31, 2018 by John Bailey

Look for these signs. Small, unobtrusive.

HOLD IT! YOU’RE ON RED LIGHT CAMERA!

WPCNR TRAFFICA.July 31, 2018:

Red light camera “amnesty,” is over Mr. and Mrs. White Plains New York USA.

At the following intersections under the surveillance, the cameras will be flashing for real catching red light violators TODAY, August 1.

The traffic safety cameras monitor these intersections:

SouthBound Mamaroneck Ave @ Bryant Ave

EastBound Main St @ Martin Luther King Jr Blvd

NorthBound Bank St @ Hamilton Ave

WestBound Hamilton Ave @ Bank St

WestBound Westchester Ave @ South Kensico Ave

SouthBound North Broadway @ Hamilton Ave

For the last 31 days, the cams have been operating.

Motorists caught in Redlighta flagranto (running a red light), have been issued photos of their indiscretion, but not fined.

The fine penalty beginning today is $50 and will be in effect and enforced.

The rule of (car) tail is if you enter on yellow and any portion of your vehicle is in the intersection when the light hits red, you’re on cam!

If you fail to stop at the stop line before the intersection, hold it you’re on cam.

WPCNR hopes you’ve been practicing your stops.

Oh, and making rights on reds, you have to come to full stop before stop line then make a red…no easing right without full stopping.

The official city admonitions:

1. Motorists can still make a right on red after a full stop before the crosswalk/stopline.

2. Police will review all photographs before violation notices are issued.

3. The city says the system is being instituted as a safety device, but gives no figures showing whether redlight accidents are up substantially.

4. The system will be in effect through 2020, when the legislature will take the redlight authorization legislation passed in 2015 under review for renewal.

5. The cameras have been operating as of now, but in a transition period, when violations will be sent to motorists, but no fines due. The transition period will last until August 1 when the violations motorists receive will be subject to fines.

NEW MEDICARE CARDS ARE ON THE WAY, AND SO ARE THE SCAMMERS: BEWARE!

Posted on July 31, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR TELEPHONEY. From [email protected]. July 31, 2018:

(Editor’s note: This was received today by wpcnr.com)

Your new Medicare card is on the way, so if someone calls and says you need to give them your personal information or money to get the new card, hang up! It’s a scam. Medicare will never call uninvited and ask for personal information or money for you to get your new Medicare Number and card. Learn what to do if you get a suspicious call like this.

If you haven’t gotten your new Medicare card yet, don’t worry. Mailing cards to each group of states takes at least a month,so you might get your card at a different time than friends or neighbors in your area. In the meantime, keep using your current Medicare card until your new one arrives.

Log in to your MyMedicare.gov account to see when your new card has been mailed. Don’t have a free account yet? Sign up at MyMedicare.gov in just a few easy clicks.

Note: If you’ve gotten your new card in the mail already, start using it right away!

Sincerely,

Lennar: Cannot Finance Retail Scope Originally Planned for White Plains Pavilion Site. Raises number of Apartments to Over 800 Units in 2 tall thin wafer-like buildings. Council Receptive, Hunt-Robinson Says

Posted on July 31, 2018 by John Bailey

She’s long and she’s tall. Mix of rentals/condos considered at Maple Avenue former WP Pavilion site. Rendering shown in Common Council meeting Monday evening .

WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. By John F. Bailey. July 31, 2018.

Lennar Corporation told the White Plains Common Council Monday evening in a work session at City Hall, the company could not find financing sources willing to finance their original mixed use residential and retail concept of their White Plains Pavilion rebuild proposed in 2014, according to Councilwoman Nadine Hunt-Robinson.

Hunt-Robinson told WPCNR, “They had a problem due to the amount of retail. We all know the problems brick-and-mortar retail is having at this time. They have added one third more open space, are building two narrower buildings, less massive, and increasing the number of units to over 800. There is a possibility that some may be condominiums as well as rental units. Price points were not presented. It will be built in two phases, because financing sources like to see (as with 55 Bank Street which became half-rented shortly after opening), evidence of viability.”

Hunt-Robinson said Lennar is now seeking financing for this new design concept, and retail willingness to commit. She said if they complete the financing they could possibly begin construction in the spring of 2019.

Retail is not completely out of the project.

Hunt-Robinson explained WPCNR that restaurants are still in the mix. She said the buildings are conceived as being marketed to millennials and empty-nesters.

Children will probably accompany some millennial renters/buyers and grandparent empty-nesters, she said, and felt what the developer described as “Experiential Retail” businesses like Gymoboree might be possibilities for the slimmed down retail component