The Town of Batavia and Batavia Downs have come up with a solution to slowing down moving traffic in front of Batavia Downs entrance/crosswalk on Park road.
Two speed humps were added to either side of the Downs’ crosswalk this past Wednesday by the Town of Batavia.
Henry Wojtaszek, President/CEO of Batavia Downs Gaming says this is just the start of a 3 million dollar upgrade to Park road that the Town of Batavia will complete with Batavia Downs.
Next year the improvement will begin.
“We are going to redo the whole front of the street, its going to be improved as far as the cosmetic view of it,” says Wojtaszek.
“The Town has been awarded the money, we are going to kick in some money to cover our costs, its probably going to take 6 months once they do start it.”
Over the years the crossing area in front of the Downs has been a concern for pedestrian traffic.
“We really appreciate the Town working with us to stop the possible safety issues that we had in front of our place, it really is a miracle that no one was hurt badly.”