Thompson, NY - Route 42 Widening Ahead

Thompson, NY - The DOT will begin on a $3.9 million road-widening project along Sullivan County’s main shopping strip, a busy stretch of Route 42 in the Town of Thompson. The project will be running past a strip mall, The Home Depot, ShopRite and Town Hall.

The DOT has pushed the project ahead because of the many accidents and bottlenecks. “Ask anybody who has driven down there in the summertime,” Thompson Councilman Bill Rieber said. “Just to continue any prosperity we have in the town we have to mitigate traffic problems in that section.”

The road will be widened by two 12-foot lanes, past the shopping mall and to the Town Hall intersection. Other features include sidewalks on both sides of the road; an extra turning lane on Anawana Lake Road to make it easier to get into Wal-Mart; a second lane to the Route 17 “Kiamesha” off ramp at Exit 105B; and various signal and signage improvements.

The project should be under construction in the fall and be completed in late 2007.