T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 14, No 35 3 AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
No room for big barges
Law sets up barrier to Hudson River anchorages
Welcome
Center
Walkway’s Ulster
groundbreaking held
Carl Aiello
A U.S. Coast Guard plan to build ten anchorage sites on the Hudson River between Yonkers and Kingston has been suspended.
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
The U.S. House of Representatives has
passed legislation that blocks a proposal
by the U.S. Coast Guard to build ten
anchorage sites along a 70-mile stretch
between Yonkers and Kingston on the
Hudson River. The anchorages would
have provided stops for large ships and
barges travelling to and from the Port
of New York.
“The original proposal is effectively
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The Walkway Over the Hudson
organization and New York State Office
of Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation (NYSOPRHP) hosted a
ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday,
August 22 to mark the beginning of
construction of Walkway State Historic
Park’s new Ulster Welcome Center – a
multipurpose visitors center, comfort
station and office space being built by
NYSOPRHP at the bridge’s western
approach.
The $4.5
million
We l c o m e
C e n t e r
represents
the state’s latest investment in a series
of planned improvements designed to
enhance the popular state park, all part of
the NY Parks 2020 initiative. The Walkway,
which opened in October, 2009, attracts
nearly 500,000 visitors annually and will
be a major hub on Governor Cuomo’s
proposed Empire State Trail.
“Construction of the Ulster Welcome
Center shows that our partners in New
York State government recognize the
need to invest in parks and recreational
infrastructure,” said Walkway Executive
Director Elizabeth Waldstein-Hart. “We
are grateful to Governor Andrew Cuomo,
New York State Parks Commissioner Rose
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