fbpx
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Sign up for Free Newsletter
  • Print Edition
    • Get Home Delivery
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
    • Advertise
    • Customer Support
    • Submit A News Tip
    • Where’s My Paper?
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial
Hudson Valley One
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Featured Events
      • Art
      • Books
      • Kids
      • Lifestyle & Wellness
      • Food & Drink
      • Music
      • Nature
      • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
    • Editorials
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Help Wanted
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Podcast
  • Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Featured Events
      • Art
      • Books
      • Kids
      • Lifestyle & Wellness
      • Food & Drink
      • Music
      • Nature
      • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
    • Editorials
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Help Wanted
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Podcast
  • Log In
No Result
View All Result
Hudson Valley One
No Result
View All Result

Traffic across Wallkill River will continue during Carmine Liberta Bridge replacement

by Paul Brown
May 24, 2019
in Columns, Community
1
County Executive Mike Hein addresses the Carmine Liberta Bridge Technical Advisory Committee.
County Executive Mike Hein addresses the Carmine Liberta Bridge Technical Advisory Committee.

Vowing that “not one single bolt of the Carmine Liberta Bridge [in New Paltz] will be removed until an alternate bridge is up and running,” Ulster County Executive Mike Hein welcomed audience members last Wednesday to the kick-off meeting of the Bridge Replacement Technical Advisory Committee, convened to “maximize community input as this process moves forward.”

Members of the committee include village mayor Jason West; deputy town supervisor Jeff Logan; county legislators Ken Wishnick and Hector Rodriguez; along with community members Alan Stout, a founding member of the Bike/Pedestrian Committee; Gail Gallerie, chair of the joint Town/Village Transportation Implementation Committee; Rich Gottlieb, representing the Downtown Business Association; and Peter and Sandy Ferrante, whose farmland will be impacted by the project.

“I couldn’t fathom what this community would look like if the Carmine Liberta Bridge were shut down even for a short time,” Hein said, as he assured the committee that traffic will continue to flow unimpeded during the period between April and November of 2016 when the actual replacement project will occur. The county executive also stressed that he and members of the County Department of Public Works are determined to deliver the new bridge “on time and on budget.”

Dennis Doyle, director of the Ulster County Planning Department, expressed the hope that the committee would be able to achieve consensus on design recommendations by June or July of 2015.

Highway engineer Ed Pine, a 33-year veteran of the County Department of Public Works, explained that a second bridge will be constructed to the north of the current bridge, and it will provide two lanes for vehicles and will also support bicycle and pedestrian traffic. This second bridge could be removed once the Carmine Liberta Bridge replacement is complete, or it might remain in place to be used as a bicycle and pedestrian pathway, depending on the committee’s final recommendations. Plans call for the new structure to be built and placed in service before the winter of 2016. The project is estimated to cost between $1.7 and $2.5 million, to be funded by the county budget.

Mayor West said he was happy to see that aesthetic issues were on the list of the county’s concerns, saying that “a bridge without any struts obstructing the view to the Ridge would be a huge benefit to our community and to visitors.”

The committee will hold its next meeting on April 8, 1 p.m., at the New Paltz Community Center.

Tags: accent on new paltzWallkill River
Before you click away... grab a free month of HV1. Get unlimited access. Get the news you've been missing. Get connected to your community. Keep local journalism alive at $5/mo., or cancel anytime. And enjoy summer!
- Geddy Sveikauskas, Publisher
Previous Post

Saugerties to hold social media safety event

Next Post

No Parade?

Paul Brown

Related Posts

Woodstock’s Comeau property needs maintenance help
Community

Woodstock planners suspect possible bait and switch

August 8, 2022
12th annual Bon-Odori Dance Festival for Peace on the Rondout waterfront
Community

12th annual Bon-Odori Dance Festival for Peace on the Rondout waterfront

August 8, 2022
Father and son spread goodwill teaching woodworking in Malawi
Community

Father and son spread goodwill teaching woodworking in Malawi

August 7, 2022
What the newspapers said 100 years ago
Columns

What the newspapers said 100 years ago

August 7, 2022
My great-grandfather the candy cruncher
Columns

My great-grandfather the candy cruncher

August 7, 2022
Walk the walk and help resettle an Afghan family
Community

Walk the walk and help resettle an Afghan family

August 6, 2022
Next Post

No Parade?

Please login to join discussion

Trending News

  • Woodstock planners suspect possible bait and switch 1.4k views
  • Ulster County reports first confirmed case of Monkeypox 1k views
  • Saugerties High School student dominates Ulster BOCES lookbook 0.9k views
  • Kingston Land Trust launches fundraising campaign for “teeny Yosemite” 701 views
  • Catskill Mountain Railroad twilight train rides into the past 467 views







Latest HV1 Podcast

Weather

Kingston
◉
82°
Mostly Cloudy
5:58 am8:04 pm EDT
Feels like: 90°F
Wind: 5mph NNW
Humidity: 76%
Pressure: 29.89"Hg
UV index: 5
WedThuFri
86/64°F
90/63°F
82/57°F
Weather forecast Kingston, New York ▸

Ulster County COVID-19 Active Cases

Subscribe

Independent. Local. Substantive. Subscribe now.

  • Subscribe & Support
  • Sign up for Free Newsletter
  • Print Edition
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial

© 2022 Ulster Publishing

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Featured Events
      • Art
      • Books
      • Kids
      • Lifestyle & Wellness
      • Food & Drink
      • Music
      • Nature
      • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
    • Editorials
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Help Wanted
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Podcast
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Contact Us
    • Customer Support
    • Advertise
    • Submit A News Tip
  • Print Edition
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
    • Where’s My Paper
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Log In
  • Free HV1 Trial

© 2022 Ulster Publishing