Averting danger at the detour

Story from Daily Freeman:

New stop sign in Big Indian helps reduce dangers caused by Route 28 bridge detour in Shandaken

The intersection of Creekside Drive and Firehouse Road in this town of Shandaken hamlet, once a sleepy fork in the road, turned into a dangerous place about a month ago when it became part of a detour for traffic to get around a bridge project on Route 28, according to town Police Chief Chad Storey.

Bridge tolls going up Jan. 30

Story from today's Kingston Times: Tolls on the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge and four more spans across the Hudson will rise next month, a move officials at the New York State Bridge Authority say is necessary to pay for maintenance on the aging crossings. Starting at midnight on Jan. 30, tolls for the Kingston-Rhinecliff, Rip Van Winkle, Mid-Hudson, Newburgh-Beacon and Bear Mountain bridges will rise by 50 cents for cash customers and users of the E-Z Pass commuter discount program (currently cash customers pay $1 while users of the discount program pay 50 cents). Regular E-Z Pass users will see tolls rise by 25 cents to $1.25.