tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post7478954710042762976..comments2024-03-28T11:21:19.200-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Lively DiscussionCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-23727169507050766932018-07-12T20:23:12.961-04:002018-07-12T20:23:12.961-04:00Holcim funded the LWRP? I don't think so.Holcim funded the LWRP? I don't think so.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-71446383835551380872018-07-12T18:00:47.035-04:002018-07-12T18:00:47.035-04:00"a question raised by Nick Zachos about a pos..."a question raised by Nick Zachos about a possible conflict of interest posed by "a corporation paying for a comprehensive plan that might benefit them,"<br /><br />Correct me if i am wrong, please, but isn't this exactly what happened when Holcin funded the LWRP ?Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-90461289134698444832018-07-12T08:57:58.250-04:002018-07-12T08:57:58.250-04:00We don't need a larger Stewart's or Scalis...We don't need a larger Stewart's or Scalis. Period. Certainly tearing down four houses that house at least 20 people is not a good idea in a town where housing cannot meet current demand. Everyone complains that there is not enough low income housing, and then talk about tearing it down. Not logical. And Scalis is already bleeding out into the surrounding neighbourhood. Their employees park on Aitken and other streets. If they increase the footprint there will be even less parking. Not a good idea at all, and their current restaurant size is fully sufficient for the business they do. Hudson is all too willing to sell out to the highest bidder, and Stewart's is dangling some insufficient amount of money to get their way, just as the cement plant did, and the powers that be bought that boondoggle hook, line and sinker. When will we ever learn? Our housing stock is what makes Hudson Hudson. Haven't we lost enough old buildings to shortsightedness? Cynthia Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550592770287010816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-75297198834128777672018-07-11T11:36:46.794-04:002018-07-11T11:36:46.794-04:00Evidently the City is expected to pay for the lane...Evidently the City is expected to pay for the lane painting, so once you factor in alternate-side parking on Allen Street it's conceivable that the task - and its cost - will be doubled. To compare, Partition Street below 2nd is one-side parking only.<br /><br />Also, busier Allen Street will increase the hazard to downhill cyclists that car doors in their paths may open suddenly. It happened to me once and I sustained serious injuries. <br /><br />Because that's an experience you never forget, I'd wager that the bureaucrats planning this thing know absolutely nothing about cycling and its hazards. They're more interested in a straight shot to Ferry Street.<br /><br />For another example of the poor management of public monies, consider the expensive kayak launch at the City's waterfront park which anyone with a sea kayak knows will flex and damage their craft! I shake my head every time I see it.<br /><br />Do the bureaucrats who plan these expenditures ever know a thing about the intended uses the completed projects must serve? They'd sooner trust the faraway businesses with whom they're contracting than consult the actual kayakers, cyclists, tap dancers, [etc.] who'll use the facilities. <br /><br />But this has nothing to do with the zoning proposal for which everything is being done by the book. That's why it will take so long if it happens at all. I keep telling people that this is the best Common Council we've ever seen, and that's the reason why. If only our other City boards were run that way, but we'll get there someday.<br />unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-63907393155423391232018-07-11T09:26:54.689-04:002018-07-11T09:26:54.689-04:00Not much. The presentation of the route through Hu...Not much. The presentation of the route through Hudson, which I've published here a few times, by someone from the Hudson Valley Greenway took most of the public hearing, which lasted all of fifteen minutes. There were some questions from members of the audience--Peg Patterson wanted to know why the route wasn't on Warren Street, Claudia Bruce wanted to know about accommodation for walkers, Kristal Heinz asked about signage and lane painting. No one actually made a comment, for or against the proposed route.<br /><br />At the end of the Common Council meeting, Timothy O'Connor, who had missed the public hearing altogether, expressed the opinion that the trail should have been routed on Partition Street instead of Allen Street. The reason for choosing Allen Street was to get cyclists following the trail from the south off Third Street as quickly as possible, because Third Street is a truck route and there are too many accidents along it already. Allen was also determined to be a "quieter street," and the route could use it without eliminating parking (which was something that would have to happen if they used Warren Street). Another advantage of Allen Street is that it feeds into the Ferry Street, so when the new bridge is ready, people following the trail can easily detour down to the river.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-23569041066311721842018-07-11T08:26:50.860-04:002018-07-11T08:26:50.860-04:00Carol, Do you know what happened at the meeting ab...Carol, Do you know what happened at the meeting about the Empire Trail ? I was unable to attend that meeting.Pewtetrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787743388006034108noreply@blogger.com