by 1962, the design of ny 330 became antiquated. despite attempts to rebuild the road, the winter decimated the structure of the highway and made trouble for local emergency authorities. the new york department of public works' state highway department designed a new road that would be wide with shoulders from guideboard corners to cooks corners (ny 79). this road, making concessions to demolish as little private property as possible, made several 10% curves, the legal maximum. in order to go ahead with the rebuild, two barns, an abandoned mill and a house would have to be demolished. the job would also take out 300 trees in brooktondale and the area surrounding the hamlet, leaving the state highway with 287 trees.