The CasiNO Tyre web site ( http://www.casinofreetyre.com ) points out the risk of runoff from the parking areas into White Brook as a cause for concern. It's a good site (discounting the obvious bias towards one side of the issue which one would expect from the site name!).
-kimberly On Dec 21, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > I think the location will be convenient for travelers on the Thruway by being > immediately on the north side of the interchange of I-90 & NYS-414, near > Magee at the west edge of the Town of Tyre. I would expect additional traffic > on NYS-414, NYS-318, to the east NYS-5/US-20, to the northeast maybe on > NYS-31, and to the south on NYS-96A, NYS-96, and NYS-89. My hope is that the > other roads around the Montezuma Wetlands Complex and the north Cayuga Lake > Basin will not see much impact because they do not efficiently serve Magee or > any large population center. Of course workers to build and run the complex > have to come from somewhere, so expect a general local increase. We might be > okay for traffic as long as there are no new roads or road straightenings or > road expansions. Maybe it'll be a flop, since casinos elsewhere are failing, > and after construction we'll see very little traffic. Maybe the light > pollution will be limited to the interchange area. About 2 miles west of the > interchange on the north side of the Thruway is a large pond/swamp full of > dead trees with a major heronry, and herons and egrets commuting between here > and the Montezuma Wetlands Complex may overfly the the casino site. Please > chime in if you see other problems or think I've got it wrong. I only saw one > map of the proposal awhile ago, and it was hard to track down. > --Dave Nutter > > On Dec 19, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Betsy Darlington <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> And not just the light pollution! It's a massive project. >> Betsy >> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Karen Edelstein <[email protected]>wrote: >> My advance apologies if this question is outside of list bounds (please >> weigh in, Chris). I am wondering if there are concerns about the light >> pollution from the gigantic casino facility just approved for Tyre, and the >> impacts this gaming development may generate at Montezuma NWR. When this >> project was first proposed, I asked Tom Jasikoff if a study would be done, >> but never heard back. >> >> Thanks for your thoughts. Please email me off- list if Chris says this is >> not ok too discuss here. >> >> Karen >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> >> Rules and Information >> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> >> Surfbirds >> >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> >> Rules and Information >> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> >> Surfbirds >> >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
