Town of Greenfield

TOWN STOPLIGHT TO GET BACKUP POWER:

Greenfield is a one-stoplight town that doesn't want the stoplight to go dark even when the power goes out.

'We send the highway crew down there with portable stop signs,' Supervisor Al Janik said Monday. 'But we're just afraid somebody is going to blow through the intersection. You take your life in your hands to cross the street.'

The intersection at Route 9N, South Greenfield Road and Wilton-Greenfield Road in front of town hall is by far the busiest corner in town, he said. Route 9N is a busy truck route leading to Corinth and Lake Luzerne in the southern Adirondacks.

Further north, the intersection of 9N and Spier Falls Road has just a blinking caution light.

The state will provide the electrical switches and wiring for an emergency generator at a traffic signals on state highways if a town, village or city will take responsibility for getting a generator and keeping that generator until power comes back on.
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If the Board moves forward, the Greenfield Center Fire Co. will keep the generators and be in charge of keeping them running.