T IMES
SOUTHERN
Marlborough
granted rail
crossing
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
At Monday night’s Marlborough Town
Board meeting, Supervisor Al Lanzetta
announced that the town recently won a
ruling to establish an at-grade pedestrian
crossing about 25 feet south of the existing
crossing on Dock Road by the Milton
Landing Park.
In November 2018 the Town of
Marlborough
petitioned for
modifications
to
the
crossing and
on January
24,
2019
the
matter
went
before
Alicia McNally,
Administrative Law
Judge, Office of Proceedings for the NYS
Department of Transportation [DOT]. In
her ruling Judge McNally stated that, “I
find that the modifications, as described,
are wholly within the public interest.”
There were several conditions
attached to the ruling that the Town, CSX
Railroad and the DOT must agree upon:
making sure that emergency services, law
enforcement and maintenance still have
access to the riverfront park. In addition,
all entities must make a “good faith effort”
to agree upon the appropriate fencing
that will run along the western side of the
railroad tracks, taking into consideration
aesthetic and safety concerns for the
public.
A design for the new pedestrian
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Bikers’ paradise
SkyRide draws more than 1,000 motorcyclists
Riders proceeded in a line across the Walkway Over the Hudson.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last Saturday morning the Walkway
Over the Hudson was closed to
pedestrians to allow 1,070 motorcyclists,
along with 403 passengers, from nearly
20 motorcycle clubs and community
organizations, to ride across the
6,768 foot span, starting at the Ulster
Welcome Center on the western side of
the bridge. The ride officially kicks off a
period of a few months that honors the
10th anniversary of the opening of the
Walkway in October 2009.
The riders were led by the Hudson
Valley Red Knights, a club comprised
of current and retired firefighters
in Dutchess and Ulster counties and
Wheels of Honor, a specially branded
police car honoring those in law
enforcement who were killed in the line
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of duty.
In a prepared statement, Rich
Valentine, President of the Red Knights
Chapter 37, said, “We’re proud to have
been able to mobilize to support the
Walkway Over the Hudson in raising
vital funds to enhance their veterans
programming to reach more of our
heroes than ever before, as well as make
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