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Ulster and Delaware Railroad Corridor Rail Trail Feasibility Study
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The purpose of this project is to analyze the feasibility and costs for the phased implementation and maintenance of a Rail Trail system using the Catskill Mountain Railroad Corridor from the Kingston Point Park adjacent to the Hudson River to the Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort.

The scope of work includes (1) a comprehensive inventory of existing infrastructure and conditions (2) an investigation of existing and future parking, transit and secondary trail connection opportunities (3) the development and implementation of a comprehensive public involvement process, (4) the assessment of costs and conceptual design of the Rail Trail system, and (5) the production of a comprehensive report detailing the phased implementation of the Rail Trail system.

Committee Members

Member Organization
Bill Brandt
Trolley Musuem of New York
Linda Burkhart
Town of Olive
Mircea Catona
Ulster County Public Works
Linda Cook
Town of Hurley
Richard Cripe
City of Kingston
Randy Dickinson
Federal Railroad Administration
Peter Disclafani
Town of Shandaken
Dennis Doyle
U.C. Planning Board/UCTC
Jeff Graf
NYC DEP
Evan Jennings
Trolley Musuem of New York
Peter Kraft
UC Legislature
Tony Lanza

Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort

Marc Moran
NYS DEC
Kathy Nolan
Citizen, Town of Shandaken
Earl Pardini
Catskill Mountain Railroad
Sheldon Quimby
Citizen
Jim Rapoli
NYSDOT Region 8
Charlie Schaller
UC Traffic Safety Board
Staff
Bill Tobin
UCTC
Jeff Olson
Alta Planning and Design

Rail Trail Committee Meeting Minutes

 
May 17, 2005 (PDF)
June 28, 2005 (PDF)
October 12, 2005 (PDF)
February 9, 2006 (PDF)

Documents

 
Draft Non-Motorized Transportation Plan (PDF)
Executive Summary of Feasibilty Study - Final Report (PDF)
Feasbiilty Study - Final Report (PDF)
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