Senator Schumer was one of the earliest supporters of the Livingston Avenue Bridge Walkway – going so far as to host a press event near the bridge back in 2012, calling for any plans to rebuild the Bridge to include the addition of a shared use path. There was excellent press coverage of the event in the Times Union and by…
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Tell the Albany Skyway promoters “The Skyway would be the perfect connection to the Livingston Avenue Bridge!”
On March 8, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The Capitalize Albany Corporation and their project team will be hosting a public community forum at the Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center (25 Quackenbush Square) to kick off the Albany Skyway project with a public engagement series in order to obtain feedback that will support the project’s initial design and engineering. This is an…
Trivia Question: What’s roughly 24 feet from the Livingston Avenue Bridge?
This is a head scratcher. Is it the Hudson River? No. The $40,000 in unrecovered ransom for Albany’s Crime of the Century? Wrong again. The Central Warehouse? You’re close. But no.
Please Tip your Cap
We’re optimistic that a rebuilt or reconstructed bridge will include a walkway, and that because it would be part of a much needed, federally and state funded project anyway, it would come at little to no cost to local taxpayers. In the article Please tip your Gondolier, featured in today’s Times Union, Casey Seiler discusses the merits of restoring bike and pedestrian access…
DRAFT Empire State Trail Plan out for Public Comment
In January, 2017, Governor Cuomo announced creation of the Empire State Trail, a 750-mile bicycle and walking trail that will span New York State, from Buffalo to Albany, and from New York City through the Hudson and Champlain Valleys to Canada. Some portions of the trail already exist; over the next three years an additional 350 miles will be constructed…
WAMC Coverage on the Emerging Albany-Hudson Electric Trail includes a nod to the Livingston Ave. Bridge
WAMC’s Dave Lucas was kind enough to call yesterday and ask how the Livingston Avenue Bridge walkway could support the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail. Of course, the Bridge is the hub in the emerging spokes of trail network in the region – making Albany and Rensselaer the center on a state-wide system. “We’d really be remiss if we didn’t make those physical…
Weigh in on the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail – proposed trail connecting Rensselaer & Hudson
The most significant benefit of the Livingston Avenue Bridge is it’s unmatched potential to connect trail systems that have state-wide reach. Two important public information meetings have been scheduled for trail planners to obtain input on the creation of the proposed Albany-Hudson Electric Trail, a vital segment of the new Empire State Trail. The northern terminus of the proposed Albany-Hudson Electric Trail…
Many Thanks to the Rensselaer Land Trust
Many thanks to the Rensselaer Land Trust for the opportunity to join them, and many municipal, advocacy, agency, and NGO organizations for a tour of the Hudson River waterfront aboard the Dutch Apple. The event kicked off the RLT’s Hudson River Access Plan initiative, supported by the NYSDEC Estuary Program. The Livingston Avenue Bridge could be a critical link in connecting…
Cautious Optimism
On May 26, the Livingston Avenue Bridge Coalition received a letter from the Federal Rail Administration. “The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is writing to invite your organization to participate in consultation pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (Section I 06) for the Livingston Avenue Bridge Replacement Project (Project) in the cities…
Where have we been?
The replacement of this important bridge is on indefinite hold. Since the release of the State-wide High Speed Rail Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement, NYSDOT and Federal Rail have made no progress towards replacement of the bridge – this is due in part to the lack of federal infrastructure funding that would be needed for the State to afford reconstruction…