Remsen-Lake Placid Corridor: Comment period ends December 15th

The State Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Transportation (DOT) are seeking public input through December 15 on a possible amendment to the Unit Management Plan (UMP) for the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor (the Corridor).

The UMP governs the use of the 119-mile Corridor. 

Specifically, DEC and DOT will develop a draft UMP amendment to evaluate the use of the Tupper Lake to Lake Placid segment for a recreational trail.

The agencies are also examining opportunities to maintain and realize the full economic potential of rail service from Utica to Tupper Lake, and reviewing options to create and expand alternative snowmobile corridors, and other trails, to connect communities from Old Forge to Tupper Lake on existing state lands and conservation easements.

The agencies are asking the public to provide comment on the following three questions regarding the future of the Corridor:

• Should the 1996 RLPTC UMP be amended to convert the Tupper Lake to Lake Placid segment of the Corridor to a recreational trail?

• Should the 1996 RLPTC UMP be amended to bolster rail service along the remainder of the Corridor?

• What opportunities exist to expand snowmobile routes and other recreational trails to connect communities between Old Forge and Tupper Lake?

Comments can be sent by email to: nystravelcorridor
@dot.ny.gov.

The can also be mailed to NYS Travel Corridor, NYS DOT Freight and Passenger Rail Bureau, 50 Wolf Road, POD 5-4, Albany NY 12232.

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