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Figure 10 identifies the total mileage of Private, Town, County, State, and Forest Preserve roads
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Newcomb’s major Figure 10 – Road Typology
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thoroughfare is NYS Route
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28N, which follows the natural
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Harris and Rich Laakes, and
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Adirondack Northway
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communities to its West. NYS
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Upper Works Roads. In 2000, according to the Essex County Highway Department, these roads
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had an Annual Average Daily Traffic count of 286, 196, and 68, respectively. Many of the Town’s
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Flow and Woodys Roads, which provide access to Goodnow Flow in the southwestern part of
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town. Private roads account for more than 60 percent of all the roads within the Town. Most of
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Town. Public water and sewer were installed for the Winebrook development when the Town
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settlement was relocated by National Lead. Situated in the eastern end of the Hamlet, the
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district straddles NYS Route 28N. Within the district on the southern side of 28N, both sewer
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and water services aare available to residents, while on the northern side of Route 28N, only
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Town of Newcomb Comprehensive Plan
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March 2010