tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post5631843589354707263..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: News from the Planning BoardCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-32975852183370150002022-09-30T07:32:01.146-04:002022-09-30T07:32:01.146-04:00GALVAN'S unwise hotel proposal at 4th and Warr...GALVAN'S unwise hotel proposal at 4th and Warren passed muster in part because the PB found that there would be "little to no impact on parking and traffic based on the traffic and parking study by our engineer." This is absurd.<br />The PB hired a company from Troy to vet GALVAN'S very flawed and full of nonsense traffic and parking assessment which showed there was plenty of parking for the guests of the 30-room hotel and bar WITHIN A 5 MINUTE WALK OF THE HOTEL. (Whenever I go to a hotel, I love to have to park 5 minutes from my room!) The engineering firm found no problems with GALVAN'S assessment and offered nothing more than a rubber stamp. Their conclusion was like all of 2 sentences long, basically saying "We found nothing of concern." Of course there was nothing to correct about GALVAN'S take on the parking situation, the firm didn't actually visit Hudson and walk around the area to see the lack of available parking near the proposed hotel, say on a Saturday afternoon. Just stamp it approved. And the PB had to accept this so called "parking study." It's embarrassing how poorly things are done in terms of planning in this city, especially when it comes to the largest landowner in town, Dan Kent and our pals at Galvan. This site plan approval is beyond regrettable, but the PB had to do it. Legally bound to accept it <br /><br /> A 30-room hotel at that corner WITH NO PARKING set aside for guests? On Warren? On 4th? This will have little to no "impact?" You aren't serious, are you? You don't really believe that, do you?<br />Bill HustonBILLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165652134301551300noreply@blogger.com