In July 1962, the state of New York proposed the relocation of NY 282 south of the village of Nichols. The project, proposed to cost $650,000, would involve reconstructing NY 282 for a stretch from the Pennsylvania state line to the corporation line of the village of Nichols. There would also be a section of the project reconstructing NY 282 through downtown Nichols to the junction with NY 283, a span. This project would involve straightening the roadway south of Nichols, with a new I-beam bridge constructed at the crossing of Wappasening Creek. A storm sewer would be installed along NY 282, which would also be widened from to south of the village and to in Nichols. The project would involve removing a former blacksmith shop, a residence next to the Wappasensing Creek bridge along with various pens and coops. 27 trees would also have to be removed along the alignment: 19 elms and eight maples that were in the process of dying from Dutch elm disease.