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Thursday, 22 October 2015 10:26

County Funds More Trails

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8 Projects to receive total of $100,000

By Arthur Gonick 

Saratoga TODAY

 

BALLSTON SPA – At the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, October 20, the board unanimously approved the funding of eight trail projects throughout the county, granting $12,500 to each, for a total of $100,000. Included in this are funds for construction of the Crescent Avenue Connector - a 1-mile segment of the Greenbelt Trail in the City of Saratoga Springs; and funding for a feasibility study for the Bullard Lane Community Trail in the Town of Wilton to create a public trail on a 38 acre wooded town-owned parcel that would connect public lands and Gavin Park. 

 

The Supervisors passed a total of 19 resolutions unanimously, including:

 

  • Expressing support for state legislation to designate Route 9 in the county as “United States Submarine Veterans Memorial Highway” 
  • Expressing support for the Capital Region’s 20.20 Revitalization Plan,
  • Proclaiming October as ‘Manufacturing Month’ and ‘Cyber-Security Awareness Month’ in the county,
  • Accepting ownership of four roads in the Town of Malta at the Luther Forest Technology Campus;
  • Accepting a security grant of $72,500 from the New York State Division of Homeland Security
  • Appointing David Wallingford and Ralph Pascucci as Commissioners of the Saratoga Lake Improvement District.    
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