TIMES
WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 34, No 10 3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016
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Bridgework to close portion of 52 Weekend
By RACHEL COLEMAN
“The project requires full closure of
Route 52 and traffic will be detoured
around the construction site,” states a letter from the New York State Department
of Transportation to the Montgomery
Town Board.
According to the letter, the bridge
on Route 52 over the Tin Brook is being
completely removed and reconstructed.
The plan is to close Route 52 from the
intersection with South St. Andrews Road
to the intersection of Rock Cut Road for
approximately six months.
In the meantime, traffic will be
detoured onto South St. Andrews Road,
Plains Road, Route 300, Rock Cut Road
and Forest Road.
While the bridge improvement is welcome, the detour is another story.
Town of Montgomery Police Chief
Butch Amthor told the town board on
Thursday that he is “certainly anticipating a lot of resident complaints” and the
police department is “going to prepare for
it as best we can.”
Town Board members voiced concerns
about the roads chosen for the detour.
Part of the detour is the intersection
of Route 300 and Plains Road, where the
town of Shawangunk recently requested
a fully functioning traffic light due to
safety concerns and a history of accidents.
The NYSDOT turned down that request,
but did make some improvements such
as new stop signs and cut and trimmed
brush. Currently the intersection is controlled by stop signs and a flashing traffic
light.
The initial set up for work on the
bridge is expected to start in mid-April
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Flying leap for fame
in the
country?
Shawangunk
creates B & B laws
By TED REMSNYDER
Bond Brungard
Pine Bush’s Sarah Smith set a new school record with this leap in the triple jump, covering 37-feet, eight and three-quarter inches at the New
York State Track & Field Indoor Championships, Saturday at Cornell University. Story, photos on page 40.
City dwellers from Manhattan and
beyond love to spend a weekend in the
country at a quaint bed and breakfast,
and the Town of Shawangunk is taking steps to get in on that trend with
some proposed amendments to its zoning
laws. At Thursday’s Town Board meeting, the first introductory local law of
the year was revealed, and it calls for the
town’s zoning laws to be altered to create two new uses known as the Bed and
Breakfast-Residence, and the Bed and
Breakfast-Inn.
Under the proposed law, the Residence
category would allow for an owner-occupied single family home to rent out up
to three bedrooms at a time. The Inn
category is more expansive, as the establishment’s owner would be allowed to
rent out as many as 15 bedrooms in the
bed and breakfast. Guests in either kind
of hotel cannot stay for more than 14
consecutive days, and personal kitchen
and dining facilities are prohibited in the
guest rooms.
The idea of instituting the new bed
and breakfast regulations came about
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SERVING CRAWFORD, GARDINER, MAYBROOK, MONTGOMERY, PINE BUSH, SHAWANGUNK, WALDEN AND WALLKILL