TUPPER LAKE - The town board hasn't taken an official position yet on the options for a planned reconstruction of a main intersection in Tupper Lake, but board members see the possibility of installing a roundabout at the intersection of Park and Mill streets as unlikely.
"I don't think you're going to see a roundabout here," town Supervisor Roger Amell said when his board discussed a hearing this week on the project.
"Oh, I hope not," said Councilman Jerry Fletcher. "I mean, they're cheap, that's why they build 'em. They're cheap - no lights, no nothing."
But Fletcher said he doesn't like driving through roundabouts. He said he dislikes a series of roundabouts on state Route 9 in the Malta-Clifton Park area. He said people drive through them too fast.
"Next thing you know, I'm in the curb; I'm in the freakin' flower box," Fletcher said.
Amell noted that roundabouts are bad for tractor-trailers.
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"Well, I haven't heard anyone say they want (a roundabout)," said Councilwoman Kathy Lefebvre.
Amell said he plans to go to the hearing, and the board might take a formal position after they find out more.
"I'm going to be there," Amell said. "I'm going to the informal meeting, see exactly what they have to say about things."