Tag Archives: An Open Letter

Ad’k Railroad’s train service mission to Lake Placid just got more difficult

On Thursday he Adirondack Park Authority determined that a proposal to remove the rails between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid doesn’t conflict with the State Land Master Plan.

That plan (SLMP) serves as the foundation for all the restrictions and the permitted uses on State land. The State Dept. of Environmental Conservation came up with this “compromise” to satisfy calls for a recreational trail to be built on the railroad Travel Corridor.

The DEC was charged with creating a trail system in 1996, but has never taken any steps toward that goal.  Continue reading

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