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Just Leaving Home Is Death Defying for Those Trapped by CR39

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Elaine Bodtman and some other residents of the community have pleaded with Southampton Town to open a new access road through one of two small right-of-ways that would let cars get out to roads that connect to Montauk Highway, not just CR39. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Elaine Bodtman and some other residents of the community have pleaded with Southampton Town to open a new access road through one of two small right-of-ways that would let cars get out to roads that connect to Montauk Highway, not just CR39. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Greenfield Lane is one of just two access roads, both entering only onto County Road 39, for more than 100 homes in the neighborhood between the chronically congested roadway and the Long Island Rail Road tracks. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Greenfield Lane is one of just two access roads, both entering only onto County Road 39, for more than 100 homes in the neighborhood between the chronically congested roadway and the Long Island Rail Road tracks. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Greenfield Road on County Road 39.

Greenfield Road on County Road 39.

authorMichael Wright on Sep 11, 2024
For tens of thousands of South Fork residents and workers, the daily traffic that stuffs itself into the sausage sacks of the two main east-west thoroughfares is a constant source... more

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