The New York State Department of Transportation will hold a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 9 a.m. in Bethlehem Town Hall to award a contract for construction of the Slingerlands Route 85 extension.
The project includes building a new two-lane highway and three roundabouts at an estimated cost of close to $15 million,
The construction, expected to take more than one year to complete, should ease traffic congestion in the New Scotland Road corridor of Slingerlands.
Officials hope to break ground this spring.
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