Project:  Peekskill Hollow Road Design Project for Improvements (CR21) – PIN #:  8757.48 –  Final Report released June 2008.

Administrators: Putnam County Department of Highway & Facilities 

Funding: by Department of Transportation (DOT), Region Eight, Poughkeepsie, New York

Engineers: Barton & Loguidice located in Albany, New York

A hard copy of the Design Project is available for viewing at the Putnam Valley Library.

The scope of this project includes work at Oregon Corners, Adams Corners, and the Oscawana Lake Road Bridge. 

Key Project Points of Interest:

• 4 foot shoulders on both sides of road; totaling 8 feet of shoulders in width
• 10.83 foot travel lanes; totaling 21.66 feet in width
• Length of project 2.50 miles.  From Oscawana Lake Road at Oregon Corners to Church Street at Adams Corners
• Bridge (carrying Oscawana Lake Road over Peekskill Hollow Creek) will be rehabilitated and widened – BIN 3345680. Proposed bridge on Oscawana Lake Rd. increases in size to a four lane bridge. This design feature contradicts the design intent of the proposed master plan for Oregon Corners.

      Comments: (by way of John Cohen of Friends of P.H.Rd.)

      - Initial plan created by the NYS. DOT has project eventually continuing north to Route 301 in Kent.

      - Current proposal will impact residential property values, increase in traffic noise, traffic speed, road salt, water run off and destroy the rural character of the road.

      - Initial funding for project must be paid for by Putnam County before monies from the State and Federal sources are received.

      - The SEQRA review for the project was completed before the latest version of the project design was completed.

• Bridge (carrying PHR over Peekskill Hollow Creek) will be addressed by the county under separate contract – BIN 3345650
• 47 Right-of-Way Acquisitions. All are strip takings to accommodate widening the road. 
• Project cost is $8 million plus Right-of-Way costs of $500,000
• Re-classifying Peekskill Hollow Road as an Urban Minor Arterial by the Federal Highway Administration and not as a rural road
• New road speed is designed for 50 mph (80 km/h)