Copey explains. “About a month and a half ago, we submitted an application to the state through the Transportation Improvement Program for federal funds to design and construct it.” The planned infrastructure improvements would connect Lexington Avenue under the highway to Canal Landing Boulevard, which then links to Long Pond Road and Northampton Landing, a 400-acre property with two miles of frontage on the Erie Canal. This connection will serve both business parks, creating an integrated commercial corridor with excellent transportation access. “Northampton Landing was purchased from Eastman Kodak in the early 2000s. We made custom zoning for that property with the intent of light industrial development and some mixed use along the canal corridor,” Copey notes. “That highway access from Lexington Avenue to Canal Landing Boulevard 35 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 06 GREECE, NY
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