September Neighborhood Meeting

We’ll be getting together again for our next neighborhood meeting on Saturday, September 7 at 11:00am. The meeting will take place in the community room of Tompkins Community Action at 701 Spencer Road, the Buttermilk Falls (south) end of our street. As a reminder, the entrance is in the rear of the building, near the walking trail to Buttermilk Falls State Park.

Here is the planned agenda for our meeting. If there is anything you’d like to add to the agenda, please attend the meeting to share.

As always, we’ll have coffee and some snacks, and some open time for neighbors to share what’s going on.


Road Signage Information Gathering

After our June meeting, we shared this Road Signage Info Gathering form in order to collect suggestions from neighborhood residents about their suggestions for road signs needed along Spencer Road. If you have any suggestions for signage, please complete the form. We will compile responses during this meeting and prepare a request to the city.

300 Block of Spencer Road will be Closed for Upcoming Road Work

The 300 block of Spencer Road (from the traffic circle to the Stone Quarry Rd intersection) is going to undergo repaving. Work is scheduled to start August 2nd. After Aurora St reopens (on or after August 15th), this section of Spencer Road will be closed (with traffic detoured to Aurora St on South Hill) until the work is completed.

From the City of Ithaca website:

Construction Update- Spencer Road Mill & Pave

PROJECT START DATE: August 2, 2019

PROJECT NAME: Spencer Road – Mill and Pave

PROJECT LOCATION: Spencer Road – From the Traffic Circle to Stone Quarry Road

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND GOAL: Mill existing road surface and prepare for asphalt overlay.

LOCAL IMPACTS: Traffic will be controlled by flaggers for the duration of the milling process. Spencer Road will be closed for paving after South Aurora Street has been re-opened to accommodate traffic detour (estimated date August 15, 2019).

RECOMMENDED DETOURS IN PLACE: Traffic controlled by flaggers for the duration of the milling of the road. South Aurora Street will serve as a detour route while Spencer Road is re-paved.

ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: August 30, 2019

For additional questions and concerns, please contact the City of Ithaca Streets & Facilities Department at (607) 272-1718