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ADIRONDACK
REGION BICYCLE TRAILS PROPOSED OR IN-PROGRESS
1)
Lake Placid - Saranac Lake Recreational
Path
The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) proposed the rails-with-trails pathway project in 2001. In 2002 the NYS Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded $796,575 to the Town of North Elba as a portion of the cost for building a pathway beside the railroad tracks between Old Military Road in Lake Placid and the Scarface trail in Ray Brook. Stage 2 of the project, to continue the pathway on into Saranac Lake, received $1.4 million in DOT funding in 2007.
Cost estimates indicate the total DOT funding will cover about 60 percent – or $2.25 million – of the projected $3.7 million cost to build a paved pathway 10 feet wide linking Lake Placid and Saranac Lake. The remainder of the cost will need to be raised through local fund-raising efforts, supplemented with grant funding when possible. ANCA is committed to assisting the Town of North Elba in collecting the necessary funds for linking the two communities with a pathway.
Click here
to read the 2001 Feasibility Study for the Lake Placid/Saranac Lake Rails with Trails project.
Click here
to read the 2007 Pathway Update.
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Through a grant from
Bikes Belong Coalition, Ltd, ANCA completed the
preliminary planning process for a ten-mile recreational path
between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. That was a major
step toward generating the information and community support
vital to making it a reality. The Bikes Belong grant provided
an opportunity to: Increase public awareness and involve
anyone interested in planning and supporting the recreational
path; Develop preliminary engineering specifications and a
cost outline that will be useful for grant applications and
fundraising; and, Establish local partnerships that will
contribute to the construction of a better path and ensure its
long-term maintenance and support. In addition, the grant has
funded the creation of this Web site
(www.bikeadirondacks.org), designed to serve as an
informational resource both for this project and for bicycling
throughout the Adirondack region.
2)
TOBIE
Path
FOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATE April 10, 2000
LT. GOVERNOR DONOHUE ANNOUNCES COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS
FOR MOHAWK VALLEY
Thendara,
Old Forge, Big Moose, Inlet & Eagle Bay (TOBIE) Path
$547,434
Town of Webb, Herkimer County
This
project would develop a bicycle/pedestrian pathway to connect
the communities along a 14-mile corridor from Thendara to
Inlet. The pathway will utilize both on-road and off-road
sections, including an abandoned spur line from the
Remsen-Lake Placid Rail Corridor running from the Adirondack
Scenic Railroad Station in Thendara toward Old Forge. Along
this section, the project also involves the construction of a
bridge over the Moose River where a railroad bridge once
stood.
Funding
for the project comes from the federal Transportation Enhancement
Program. The project was selected as a result of a process
that included priority rankings made by local officials and
a statewide Transportation Enhancement Advisory Committee
that included representatives from the NYS Association of
Counties; the National Audubon Society; the Environmental
Defense Fund; the NYS Board for Historic Preservation; the
Empire State Development Corporation; the NYS Department of
State; the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation;
and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Additional
project awards are expected to be announced in 2001.
3) Boonville Canal
Trail
FOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATE April 10, 2000
LT. GOVERNOR DONOHUE ANNOUNCES COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS
FOR MOHAWK VALLEY
Boonville
Canal Trail
$236,670
Village of Boonville, Oneida County
This
project would fund the construction of a non-motorized/bicycle
trail along the Black River Canal, which will run south from
the village entrance, connecting the village with three
popular destinations: an existing multi-purpose recreation
trail system, the Boonville Youth Athletic Association ball
fields and the Headwaters Shopping Plaza. The proposed project
also includes the acquisition and restoration of two historic
transportation structures - an historic canal warehouse and a
19th Century Whipple Bridge, both of which will be a
functional part of the canal trail.
Funding
for the project comes from the federal Transportation Enhancement
Program. The project was selected as a result of a process
that included priority rankings made by local officials and
a statewide Transportation Enhancement Advisory Committee
that included representatives from the NYS Association of
Counties; the National Audubon Society; the Environmental
Defense Fund; the NYS Board for Historic Preservation; the
Empire State Development Corporation; the NYS Department of
State; the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation;
and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Additional
project awards are expected to be announced in 2001.
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