Too many people use this parking lot as a shortcut between 9w and the access road. Without lines and order, this parking lot is extremely dangerous and is in serious need or repair.

I have been cut off at least twice recently in this parking lot. People dont know where the thru lanes are, unless you remember them from the "Caldor" days. I've also had someone come at me at a high rate of speed through the lot, diagonally toward the light. Scary for a minute, till an Ulster police car parked in the lot put his lights on and pulled him over!!! Too Funny!!!

its a 50/50 blame on this one. some of these people walking in front of cars SHOULD be hit because they dont care - they walk out in front of cars! i bet you if one of these idiots gets sent to albany med, they might think twice. and go ahead and try and sue .... you won't win!!!

as far as the vehicles go: yes, some people are idiot drivers - we all know that. but, people are trying to beat it to the light entering 9w. luckily, the light is controlled by sensors so you dont sit there an eternity or have 30 seconds to clear the intersection (like 9w/32 - east chester/flatbush ave).

THIS ENTITY IS A PARKING LOT NOT A ROAD WAY. THE CITIZEN HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY NOT THE CAR. YES IT NEEDS ITS LINES TO BE REDEFINED. SO PEOPLE SPEAK UP ...... FIX THIS PROBLEM. NOW!

This parking lot should be completely re-designed, I agree.

The problem stems from all the unnecessary extra driveways and wide open exits and entries of all the business parking lots onto 9W and Old Neighborhood Road. It's also partially because of the poor reconfiguration of the exit ramp from Route 209 east onto Route 9W south (the one with the stop sign) which didn't take this fact into account.

Drivers have uncontrolled access to this parking lot from all directions, and it creates havoc during peak usage times, with speeding drivers careening all over the place.

Old Neighborhood Road's current path should be closed, and should then be re-aligned so that it comes out at the traffic light at Wendy's at Frank Sottile Drive.

That way, all the businesses (Burlington, Staples etc...) can have their own proper parking lots (with curbs, landscaping, and shrubbery) and all traffic could safely enter and exit properly at one traffic light, rather than the chaotic mess occuring there now.

I may be showing my age here, but that parking lot was built for Caldors, which has been closed what, 20 yrs now? We had much less traffic on the roads then, less cars, less shoppers, less restaurants...the Town of Ulster is a shopping destination now, you know! In the meantime, that plaza has expanded, but no attention was ever paid to the parking lot. It has traffic patterns and parking spaces for a much smaller amt of cars and stores. Just think, how is the same space utilized at other malls? You dont see the wasted space in other malls. Repave, reconfigure the lot to hold more cars, clearly mark parking spaces and traffic lanes, and get cars in/out faster and safer. Can you imagine if Olive Garden, with their high volume, had come to this plaza? Disaster! I blame the plaza owners...Town of Ulster lawmakers need to start poking around here and get somebody on this.

It's not just this lot. It's the drivers. People in this area are HORRIBLE drivers, with no care for pedestrians, cyclists or other cars. Put down the cell phone, the coffee, the burger, the smokes and go back to driving school. How many times have you seen someone make a U-turn at that light, Sottile Blvd & 9W. Just because there is no sign doesn't mean you can do it.

Well Mike, I completely agree with you there. And New York drivers are consistenly rated at the bottom 5 in the "Worst Drivers in the Country" surveys, so I know you're not just making this up.

They constantly weave between lanes, drift over the white and yellow lines, don't signal, have no idea what any of the road signs mean, have no concept of yielding the right of way, are constantly distracted and discourteous, etc... etc...

New York drivers just get in the car, turn the key, put it in drive, and floor the gas pedal, and have absolutely no consideration for anyone else on the road.

I mentioned this in another posting related to the same item -"There is a site plan that is going through the approval process that cleans this entire plaza up. It is a requirement as part of any further development of the plaza (the proposed new white castle is triggering it)." This includes a ton of curbing, lanage, and pedestrian access.

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They're responding to the comments from these minutes still (updating stormwater plans I believe):

http://townofulster.org/content/MinuteCategories/View/1:field=minutes;/content/Minutes/View/401:field=documents;/content/Documents/File/1206.pdf

"You can see a copy of the preliminary plan if you go to the Town's building/planning dept or the County Planning Dept."