If you have already added the second Hudson Connects Public Workshop to your calendar for Tuesday, August 24, delete it. It was announced today on the City of Hudson website that "the team has taken several steps to solicit more feedback on the initial vision," and, as a consequence, the workshop has been postponed and will be rescheduled. Additional information is not available at this time.
When you have deleted the Hudson Connects workshop, add this Scenic Hudson Zoom webinar, which takes place on Thursday, August 26, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
All the benefits of connecting with the Hudson River … are threatened by Amtrak's current proposal to erect gates and fences blocking access to riverfront destinations between Poughkeepsie and Rensselaer. But the good news is Amtrak has promised to work with local officials and other stakeholders as the plan is finalized. . . .
At the event, we'll discuss:
- Amtrak's proposal and opportunities for you to get involved
- Progress implementing the Hudson River Access Plan to safeguard current river connections and create new ones
- Efforts to restore historic bridges that will increase waterfront access
- Federal legislation compelling Amtrak to be more inclusive of community access needs
- A successful project in California--that could be replicated here--to create rail crossings that minimize risks to pedestrians and trains
You need to register to be part of the Zoom meeting, and that can be done by clicking here.
It's totally up to city residents to get city government to realize that the city has long had deeded access along the shared gravel road between the train tracks and the Colarusso yard (aka "the access road").
ReplyDeleteWhatever the extent of the original 4.4 acres actually owned by the city - even if it's only a few square feet, which is now being determined by the NYS OGS - that deed grants the same access via "the public way" which established for the parcel in 1869.
But will city officials demonstrate any resolve when faced with Amtrak? I doubt it.
Will our politicians even want to learn about the issue beforehand? Will they reach out to the knowledgeable public? I doubt it.
Do Hudson residents, qua US citizens, understand their relation to government? I doubt it.
Will we lose our deeded access along the access road due to our sheer inattentiveness? More than likely.
We're pathetic.
Can't agree more.. but we will have a nice million dollar raised intersection on Front Street smashed to pieces by a fleet of gravel trucks.
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