tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1342663177571093487..comments2024-03-27T22:52:12.619-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Resisting the FencesCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-9245223111791242012018-03-20T19:18:43.219-04:002018-03-20T19:18:43.219-04:00Which will prevail, the RR right of way or the peo...Which will prevail, the RR right of way or the people's permanent easement?1Riparianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17248602693560230557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-45276762041365778742018-03-20T12:08:27.623-04:002018-03-20T12:08:27.623-04:00Like unheimlich, I do see some parallels between s...Like unheimlich, I do see some parallels between shotcrete-gate and the current fence-gate. And yes, LWRPs are important and in Germantown I hope that we are going to heed that lesson. Public support on fence-gate is really strong, and it's wonderful for Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson to support the public's efforts to keep the shoreline open. Write to CR@dos.ny.gov with a cc to gates@gtel.net and express your opposition. Keep the shoreline open!kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950992794659338201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-92147144495095429122018-03-20T09:52:59.376-04:002018-03-20T09:52:59.376-04:00There are no approved LWRPs in Columbia County, wh...There are no approved LWRPs in Columbia County, which puts Hudson and Germantown in the same boat. (The shotcrete soon to be slathered over the Promenade cliff should remind us that we're not our own masters.) <br /><br />But crossing south into Dutchess, there are LWRP Areas one after another. With the exception of Hyde Park and 5.5 miles around Poughkeepsie, the entire Dutchess shore is inside the boundary of someone or other's LWRP.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see how coastal consistency really works if those communities are impacted by plans to fence off their portions of the river. I doubt that open access will trump trespassing. <br /><br />Going by the recent experience of Hudson, a non-LWRP community, it seems that the State will give Amtrak anything it wants. Despite our submitted complaints that a widespread alternative to shotcrete was deliberately withheld by Amtrak during its lame presentation in City Hall, two days after the Public Comment Period the NYSDOS ignored our specific complaint and thus ignored the alternative (slide fences). They couldn't even wait a week?<br /><br />The railroad wins every time, and the public gets to continue its pointless crusade against cheaters (ALL cheaters - no exceptions).unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-47013043837801471152018-03-20T07:59:17.888-04:002018-03-20T07:59:17.888-04:00Many are sharing and signing the petition. AMTRAK ...Many are sharing and signing the petition. AMTRAK needs to be more community minded. Hopefully the Germantown approach will make a difference !Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.com