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ATTENTION: Seneca Nation Community Members

The letter below was received 12/11/2019 from a concerned party involved in this project sent to him from one of the project engineering firms. The letter is being submitted for the utmost safety of our Seneca Nation community members and to advise that travel beyond the Road Closed barricades placed at the top and bottom of Indian Hill puts the personal liability on you as a private individual. Please use discretion and if possible use another route to get to your destination.


Subject: Prospect Street – Road Opening
It has just come to our attention that the Town Highway Superintendent has elected to open Prospect Street to the public. This is despite the fact that in an 11:00AM phone call yesterday we recommended keeping the road closed not only to the public, but also to emergency and snow plowing traffic.

The July 2019 failure extends across and under the road. It is our opinion that at least ¾ of the road, including part of the east bound drive lane (and potentially the entire eastbound lane) is within a zone where the factor of safety against failure occurring is less than 1.2; this is not a safe configuration and we feel that this action has put human health and safety at risk.

Foundation Design, P.C. accepts no liability or responsibility any issues that may develop with this decision.

We feel that the County Engineer immediately should be made aware of this condition.

Jeffrey D. Netzband, PE, PG
Foundation Design, PC
46A Sager Drive
Rochester, New York 14607
Phone (585) 458 0824
Cell (585) 737-7493
Webpage www.foundationdesignpc.com


If you have questions I can be reached at the contact information below.

Michael Gates, Director-Seneca Nation Emergency Management Department
12879 Route 438, Irving, NY 14081
Office: 716-532-8178 x8891; Cell: 716-244-0820; Email: mike.gates@sni.org