Harriman, NY – A state contractor is set to begin installing a metal barrier in the middle of Route 17 next month to prevent cars from crossing the grassy median and colliding with oncoming traffic.
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The Department of Transportation had planned to do the work in 2009 but moved up its schedule after a spate of deadly crossover crashes, including one in October in Chester that killed a young New York City couple and left their 10-month-old daughter an orphan.
In response to the public outcry that followed that October crash, the DOT said it would install a barrier on Route 17 across much of Orange County this year — a 16-mile stretch from the Thruway in Harriman to Interstate 84 in the Town of Wallkill.[Record]