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February 4, 1954
LARCHMONT TRUSTEES
ASK QUICK THRUWAY
Immediate Construction Approved
To Relieve Post
Road Flow
The Larchmont Board of Trustees Monday night went
on record approving immediate construction of the New
England Thruway and authorized Attorney George P. Forbes
to draft a letter to Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Senator
Frank S. McCuIlough and Assemblyman Hunter Meighan,
stating the position and urging action on the vote.
In doing so they followed the efforts of Thomas N.
Passo’s Westchester Citizen’s Committee
for the Thruway in requesting that actual construction
begin soon to relieve Sound-side Westchester communities
from the effects of traffic congestion on the Post
Road.
Aerial Photo
of Larchmont Station before Thruway Construction,
courtesy of the Larchmont Historical Society
Engineer Francis Griffin said there were three Thruway
items which he would like cleared up before the construction
begun, but was advised by Attorney Forbes to write
the engineer in charge and to point out these problems.
According to Mr. Griffin, they involved
- the effects
of toll stations on the Larchmont area, and
- the effects
of the route on village utilities, and
- the drainage
system.
Mayor Walter B.C. Washburn told Mr. Griffin that the
Board could not go on record as favoring immediate
construction and then “quibble about” the
local items after such action had been taken. He requested
Mr. Griffin to ask the Thruway engineers for copies
of the planned route for future study.
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