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Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects LLP
1001 West Seneca Street, Suite 201 Ithaca, New York 14850 ph: 607.277.1400
www.twm.la
April 12, 2019
Brent Cross, Village Engineer
Village of Cayuga Heights
836 Hanshaw Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Dear Brent and members of the Village of Cayuga Heights Planning Board,
Below please find responses to questions from your March 25th planning board meeting regarding site plan
review for the North Campus Residential Expansion project. As you already know, work within the Village
includes landscaping, pavements and temporary contractor operations.
1. Lighting Temperature.
The project will incorporate dark-sky lighting at 3,000k, as requested.
2. Contractor Parking north of A-lot
The project will not include contractor parking north of A-lot.
3. Will the pedestrian crossings on Jessup be high visibility?
The project includes improving two pedestrian crossings on Jessup Road between the Robert Purcell
Community Center (RPCC) and the Townhouses. Raised crossings are proposed at the Northcross,
Jessup Road intersection and from the Townhouses to the RPCC. In addition to being raised
crossings, the crossings will include pedestrian crossing signage, piano/ladder striping on the path of
travel and chevron markings for approaching motorists as per Cornell design standards A copy of the
Cornell typical detail for raised crosswalks is attached.
4. How will pedestrian travel from A-lot be managed during construction?
Pedestrians from A-Lot and the Townhouses will be routed around the site during construction.
Signage will be provided at A-Lot and along Jessup Road directing pedestrians along existing walkways
to crosswalks which connect to the North Campus pedestrian system for travel through campus. Site
fences will enclose work sites, preventing pedestrians from entering dangerous areas. Fencing,
pedestrian routes and signage will be coordinated with project sequencing.
There are three routes of travel connecting A-lot to north campus. There is a sidewalk along Northcross
Road, a sidewalk along Pleasant Grove Road and a paved walkway which travels through the middle of
the Townhouses north of Jessup Road and connects to (approximately) the middle of A-lot.
There are four crosswalks across Jessup Road. In order from west to east they are located at
Northcross Road and Jessup Road, the Townhouses and RPCC, the Townhouses and Low-Rise 6, and
Jessup Road and Pleasant Grove Road.
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While work is happening in front of RPCC, the sidewalk along Northcross Road will be closed to
pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians will be routed to the sidewalks east, connecting to crossings on the east
side of North Campus.
While work is happening on the east side of North Campus (site two), RPCC work will be completed and
the sidewalk along Northcross Road will be open.
5. Construction route
Construction traffic will be directed to use Route 13 to North Triphammer Road to Hanshaw Road to
Pleasant Grove Road, as stated and diagrammed in previous documentation. The planning board has
speculated about the possibility of an alternate construction route. The project is not pursuing and
does not recommend that construction delivery traffic be routed from Pleasant Grove Road to Hanshaw
Road to Warren Road. As proposed, the project construction route remains Route 13 to North
Tripmammer Road to Hanshaw Road to Pleasant Grove Road.
6. Construction Deliveries and Peak Hour Traffic.
Peak hour traffic for the Village occurs between 7:45 and 8:45 in the morning and 4:40 to 5:30 in the
afternoon. The contractor plans to organize work flow and deliveries to avoid peak hour.
If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to call. We are looking
forward to reviewing the site design for the project at your April 22nd meeting, in which we ask that the
project be considered for site plan approval.
I am copying the City of Ithaca and the Town of Ithaca on this letter and all of the materials.
Sincerely,
Kimberly Michaels
Principal
Cc: Susan Ritter, Town of Ithaca
Lisa Nicholas, City of Ithaca