Traffic

Special events closing town roads, motorists and bicyclists who ignore the rules, traffic hot spots and code enforcement were on the agenda Saturday morning.

Hotel owner Lee Browning said he has watched with dismay and fear as vehicles make an illegal U-turn from the eastbound land of Route 58 to access his Hilton Garden Inn and Residence Inn hotel property. He wants to create a new signalized intersection at the entrance to his hotel site.

While the Riverhead Town Board is considering imposing an eight-ton weight limit on Twomey Avenue in Calverton, some local residents are demanding that the town impose weight and size limits on all local roads. They are gathering signatures on an online petition to support the move.

After collecting new traffic count data, the county is working on a new signalization plan for the lights on Route 58. It will be implemented by springtime, Suffolk DPW traffic engineers said this week.