The proposed one-way street changes on North Road in the Village of Great Neck have been vetoed by police and county officials. Instead, in order to mitigate the traffic problems in the North Road/Ellard Avenue area of the Old Village, a new traffic control plan has been developed, and new traffic control devices will be used. Approved by a resolution at a Sept. 20 special meeting of the board of trustees, the new signage was slated to be put in place by Friday, Sept. 25.

Deputy Mayor Stephen Falk explained that the village had consulted with the Nassau County Department of Transportation and the Nassau County Police Department of Traffic Safety, and both groups spoke out against the village-approved plan to make North Road one-way, westbound, from Forest Row, and one-way, eastbound, from Forest Row to Spring Lane.

This traffic congestion solution had been approved at the village's Sept. 15 board of trustees meeting, along with signs for no through trucking on Ellard Avenue, and No Left Turn, going south on Middle Neck Road, onto Ellard Avenue. These last two regulations will still apply, and the signage will go up along with the signage approved on Sept. 20.

The new traffic flow control devices deal with four locations. First, at Spring Lane/Hicks Lane, there will be a sign indicating no right turn between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., Monday through Friday, except for school buses.

Second, at the northeast corner on Hicks Lane at Forest Row, there will also be a sign indicating no right turn between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., Monday through Friday, except for school buses.

At the third location, at the North Road intersection with Middle Neck Road, there will be a double sign placed on the southeast corner of North Road/Middle Neck Road, with one sign facing southbound traffic (angled) and one sign facing northbound traffic. The sign will read: Do Not Enter Between the Hours of 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, Except for School Buses.

At the fourth location, at the Ellard Avenue intersection with Middle Neck Road, no left turn signs will be placed in the grass median between the curb and the walk on the west side of Middle Neck Road, at a safe distance from the intersection, and also on the southeast corner of Ellard Avenue/Middle Neck Road, angled to traffic moving southbound. In addition, a No Through Trucking sign will be placed at that location on the same post.

With the new signage expected to be in place in the Old Village by Friday, Sept. 25, the new traffic laws are scheduled take effect as of Monday, Sept. 28. For the first week, enforcement will include a warning to those not obeying the new signs. According to Mr. Falk, this first week of educating and warning the public will be followed immediately by a ''two week blitz'' with strict traffic enforcement. Mr. Falk reports that the police have promised ''absolute saturation of enforcement'' to ensure that these new traffic laws are followed.