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SOUTHERN
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Vol. 15, No. 29
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JULY 18 - 24, 2018
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Junior
Nukes Burroughs’
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Repealing
Tiny trolleys coming to Highland
Adaptive
Reuse Law
questioned
in Lloyd
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Photo by Mark Reynolds
John Beck (r.), of the Michael Torsone Memorial Funeral Home, sponsored “Holly Jolly Trolley” by artist Theresa Rowe Obert.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
In the late 19th century, prior to the
automobile, trolleys provided essential
public transportation in towns and
cities across the country. In Highland
the main trolley line ran from the ferry
boat landing at the Hudson River to the
Wallkill River in New Paltz, making it
the only “inter-city” trolley in Ulster
County. Another trolley was pulled
across what is now the Walkway Over
the Hudson by a small locomotive to
meet the main line at the former Pratt’s
Mills to allow passengers to continue
on their journey west. The trip took
just under an hour and cost fifty cents.
To honor this heritage the Town
of Lloyd Historical Preservation
Society hosted a project that had local
businesses sponsor 13 artists to design
and paint a series of small trolley
models that will soon be on display
throughout the hamlet. By mid fall
the trolleys will be auctioned off at a
special event to raise money for the
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At the last Lloyd Town Board meeting
Dave Plavchak questioned the board on
why they were repealing the Adaptive
Reuse Law instead of simply rewriting it.
“It looks like the properties so far that
have used it have improved the properties
pretty significantly. So I am curious as to
why you wouldn’t just rewrite portions
of the law that need to be rewritten
instead of repealing it since I believe the
Comprehensive Plan drove that law to
start with based on density,” he said.
Supervisor Paul Hansut responded,
saying the board is concerned about the
possibility of another project coming
forward, “so it was the belief that doing it
this way, if another project were to come
forward, we’d have this repeal in place
and then we could rewrite the Adaptive
Reuse after that, so it would slow the
process down, if and in fact there was
someone else.”
Hansut said the Planning Board is
working on new language for this law,
which will be presented to the Town
Board for their review and approval.
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