tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1700547406368913853..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: The Railroad and the Rock FaceCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-18583913039523231592017-08-04T10:46:08.895-04:002017-08-04T10:46:08.895-04:00kc--I haven't been able to find the grant appl...kc--I haven't been able to find the grant application you reference. Please email me at carole@gossipsofrivertown.com with the link. Many thanks!Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-85313027755651990342017-08-02T23:03:09.359-04:002017-08-02T23:03:09.359-04:00First, Carole, thanks so much for following this s...First, Carole, thanks so much for following this story. Well done, appreciated.<br /><br />Obviously DOT/AMTRAK wanted to finish this project before anyone knew they had started. DOT wants to do this at 10 locations from Germantown up to Schodack. DOTs FRA grant application specifies consultation with local elected officials, but I guess they forgot. I don't have a problem with the vegetation removal, but turning the cliff into a black concrete wall is bonkers.<br /><br />I'm almost glad they did a small area, because now everyone can see what it looks like (bad!). And by violating the stop-work order, it's also clear what we're dealing with. kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950992794659338201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-54201237515230334602017-08-02T10:43:20.825-04:002017-08-02T10:43:20.825-04:00The new patch of shotcrete is not as near to the t...The new patch of shotcrete is not as near to the tracks as the greater part of the cliff beneath the Promenade. <br /><br />If it's only flaking shale they're worried about, then there's plenty of room between the tracks and the cliff base where they've just sprayed the stuff. I've gone fossil-hunting all along in there.<br /><br />If it's no more than flaking shale, then don't accept the explanation that they were particularly worried about that one area. They just wanted to get the project started.<br /><br />Also, what we see now is only the first coat. It won't look anything like that when it's finished, although the workmen informed me that it will be the same dark color.<br />unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-25790044501120319322017-08-02T10:31:52.154-04:002017-08-02T10:31:52.154-04:00It's nice to see how quickly we went from &quo...It's nice to see how quickly we went from "we can't do anything about it" to a stop-work order, even if honored for now only in the breech. --peter meyer Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156709450381145019noreply@blogger.com