Re: [cayugabirds-l] Impacts of approved casino at Tyre:OT?

2014-12-21 Thread Dave Nutter
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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Impacts of approved casino at Tyre:OT?

2014-12-21 Thread Kimberly Sucy
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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Impacts of approved casino at Tyre:OT?

2014-12-21 Thread Alicia Plotkin
The casino is likely to be the anchor for other major development in the immediate area. One $100,000,000 project already has been presented to the Planning Board, to be located a little further west on Rte 318, and proposing hundreds of thousands of sq feet of retail commercial space on a

[cayugabirds-l] Impacts of approved casino at Tyre:OT?

2014-12-19 Thread Karen Edelstein
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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Impacts of approved casino at Tyre:OT?

2014-12-19 Thread Betsy Darlington
And not just the light pollution! It's a massive project. Betsy On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Karen Edelstein k...@cornell.edu 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