GENESEO – Geneseo's Main Street is being resurfaced as the final phase for the Main Street water and sewer main replacement and repair project. Traffic is reduced to one lane while the paving project is going on, with village workers directing traffic. The work is being done by Suit-Kote out of Cortland by Livingston County bid instead of using Nardozzi Paving, who handled the Main Street project. This reduced the paving cost to $70,000 … [Read more...]
170-Year-Old Wooden Water Pipe Unearthed by Geneseo Big Dig
GENESEO – When you take a scoop of one of Western New York's most historic villages, you are bound to find relics of generations past sleeping just below the surface. In this case, contractors with Nardozzi Paving discovered a section of wooden water pipe which brought water to Main Street from Temple Hill 170 years ago. According to the Livingston County Historical Society, the 10-inch pipes were laid in 1845 when General James S. Wadsworth … [Read more...]
Geneseo Mayor: Despite ‘Past Transgressions’ Main Street will be Paved by Friday
GENESEO – Mayor Richard Hatheway told the Geneseo Merchants Association at a special meeting on Wednesday that after a summer of headaches and unforeseen complications, the water and sewer main replacement project originally planned to be completed by the end of August is in its final phases, and a layer of temporary binder pavement is planned to be in place by Friday, Oct. 2, to be finally paved with permanent asphalt in June … [Read more...]
Contaminated Waste Dumped Near Conservancy Land and Genesee River
GENESEO – The removal phase of the soil from the site of a Main Street Ford dealership that operated before the 1950's has begun, and the toxic soil is being transported and dumped within a few hundred yards of not only the Genesee River but farmland that is protected by the Genesee Valley Conservancy. The GeneseeSun.com followed a dump truck loaded with dug-up material from the construction site about a half mile to Rte. 63 just south of the … [Read more...]
Flower Delivery Man Threatens to Shoot Main Street Worker Over Parking
GENESEO – An apparently touchy flower delivery man allegedly threatened to shoot a construction worker with the Main Street waterline replacement project on Tuesday, July 21, when he was told to move his vehicle from an area that was closed due to construction outside of a Main Street florist shop. Francis Bodnar, 73, of Irondequoit, was arrested by Geneseo Police Officer Travis Lana for Harassment in the Second Degree, a Violation, after … [Read more...]
Geneseo Big Dig Takes First Bite of Main Street
GENESEO – The water main restoration project took its first bite of Main Street asphalt on Tuesday, and two long, narrow trenches could be seen extending from the bear fountain at Center Street to the Big Tree Inn at 46 Main Street Tuesday evening. Contractors with Nardozzi paving say that the project will dig a 4-foot wide trench from the fountain to North Street, and water main underneath the road will be replaced. Sections of pipe are … [Read more...]
Geneseo Village Lays Out Schedule for Main Street Big Dig
GENESEO – The Village of Geneseo has released a detailed calendar to the community so that public can up to date on the big digs progress. Sewer main installation is to happen between June 15 and 19. The manhole installation is nearly complete as of Thursday, where crews carefully dug around the underground railroad tunnel extending from 5 Main under Main Street to the Genesee River at Rte. 63 and Court Street. The biggest part of the … [Read more...]