North County Trailway parking and access victories thanks to the WPBWA
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The Westchester Putnam Bike Walk Alliance announced a victory for cyclists and walkers today in the town of Carmel. There have been two ongoing parking and access issues in regards to the North County Trailway in Putnam County.
Today Carmel removed concrete barriers that had blocked parking along the shoulder of Willow Road. The town board heard from neighbors this area and had discussed banning parking along Willow Road, but 25 cyclists and pedestrians turned out at a public meeting in September to speak on the value of the Trailway and helped change the minds of the town’s board.
Last night the county legislature reversed an earlier vote to abandon a parking lot across the street from Bikeway and next to the Trailway at Route 6 and Mount Hope Road. Bikeway’s is one of two bike shops in Putnam County. The county had planned to stop work on the parking lot after residents objected to the construction of the lot. The alliance helped fight this back in September as well pointing out that the county had already spent $640,000 on the project. This parking lot serves both the Trailway on weekends and Croton Falls train station commuters through the week. The WPBWA argued that grants from the federal and state governments would cover all of the costs and stopping the project would waste local tax dollars.
For more information check back on LoHud.com or read Mike Risinit’s story in Thursday’s Journal News.
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on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 7:18 PM by Randall Wolf. 
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There is another bike shop in Putnam county called Village Bikes and it has been in business for 20 years, it is located in carmel, N.Y. thanks