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Solutions for 'Crazy' Traffic Are Difficult But Maybe Not Impossible

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A traffic circle, or roundabout, at the merging of Scuttlehole Road and Montauk Highway east of downtown Water Mill and at Little Cobb Road west of the hamlet center, which would allow the elimination of the stop light in the middle of the hamlet, have been talked about for years as possiblities for helping smooth the flow of eastbound traffic in the mornings.

A traffic circle, or roundabout, at the merging of Scuttlehole Road and Montauk Highway east of downtown Water Mill and at Little Cobb Road west of the hamlet center, which would allow the elimination of the stop light in the middle of the hamlet, have been talked about for years as possiblities for helping smooth the flow of eastbound traffic in the mornings.

A traffic circle, or roundabout, at the merging of Scuttlehole Road and Montauk Highway east of downtown Water Mill and at Little Cobb Road west of the hamlet center, which would allow the elimination of the stop light in the middle of the hamlet, have been talked about for years as possiblities for helping smooth the flow of eastbound traffic in the mornings.

A traffic circle, or roundabout, at the merging of Scuttlehole Road and Montauk Highway east of downtown Water Mill and at Little Cobb Road west of the hamlet center, which would allow the elimination of the stop light in the middle of the hamlet, have been talked about for years as possiblities for helping smooth the flow of eastbound traffic in the mornings.

authorMichael Wright on Jul 5, 2024
At 5:45 a.m. last Friday, June 28, traffic on Montauk Highway leading into Water Mill was a bumper-to-bumper crawl. Nearly 15 hours later, at 8:35 p.m., Hill Street’s westbound lanes... more

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