RESOLUTION NO. 168
REQUESTING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO MAINTAIN PORTIONS OF MOHAWK-HUDSON BIKE-HIKE TRAIL
Introduced: 5/10/21
By Messrs. O'Brien, Mayo, Bruschi, Ms. Cunningham, Messrs. Ricard, A. Joyce, Beston, Cleary, Domalewicz, Ethier, Mss. Lekakis and Plotsky:
WHEREAS, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and Federal Highway Administration authorized the development of the land between I-787 and the Hudson River from Colonie Street in the City of Albany to the Hudson Shores Park in the City of Watervliet for recreational use and as a bikeway section of the Mohawk Hudson Greenway, thereafter designated the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail, and;
WHEREAS, the County of Albany and the NYSDOT thereafter entered into an agreement wherein the County would maintain the bike path, including the landscape adjacent to the asphalt path, in this section, an agreement which has since expired, and;
WHEREAS, the NYSDOT has been responsible for the maintenance of the bikeway and landscape adjacent to the asphalt path along this section of the Mohawk Hudson Bike-Hike Trail since the expiration of the prior agreement, and
WHEREAS, the bikeway has apparently fallen into disrepair and the citizens of Albany County, as well as the surrounding communities, would benefit from the recreational use of the public lands, and
WHEREAS, it would be in the interest of the general public for certain portions of the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trial between the City of Albany at Colonie Street to the Hudson Shores Park in Watervliet to be maintained by the County of Albany, and
WHEREAS, any agreement entered into shall direct that all highway and highway related maintenance for I-787 remains the responsibility of the NYSDOT, including but not limited to the structural integrity of right-of-way fencing and highway related feature, and
WHEREAS, any agreement e...
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