Traffic issues encompass proposed Chick-fil-A

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There are programs for a Chick-fil-A in Watertown, where by a closed Ruby Tuesday sits now.

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) – There’s stress over visitors congestion as people today buy chicken.

When the Jeffersonville, Indiana, Chick-fil-A site opened final January, individuals were being tenting out in the parking lot to be the very first to get a rooster sandwich.

Though we may perhaps not be anticipating people today to camp out in Watertown, community officers are nervous about the visitors Chick-fil-A will carry.

“We comprehend that there is a opportunity for quite long lines at the travel-by way of as other Chick-fil-A places working experience,” Jefferson County senior planner Andy Nevin said. “If these again up here then it could conflict with the Starbucks move.”

The Jefferson County arranging board got its to start with glimpse at the proposed Watertown Chick-fil-A Tuesday evening.

The restaurant, which would be at the aged Ruby Tuesday off Western Boulevard, would seat additional than 100 consumers and have a two-lane push-through.

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There is worry around site visitors stream if a proposed Chick-fil-A is created in Watertown.

As for targeted traffic worries, Chick-fil-A suggests Ruby Tuesday had about 39 autos for the duration of peak hours. Chick-fil-A expects to almost double that.

“They had been indicating that an estimate of 75,” Nevin claimed, “so an raise of 34 outings for every peak hour, which is about a 47 per cent raise.”

A agent from Chick-fil-A states they are concentrating on a grand opening in the Drop of 2022.

How visitors is managed will be up to the city of Watertown. The county planning board deemed the project of community worry only.

Chick-fil-A will have to convey the proposal to Watertown’s setting up board and city council for permits.

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