I attended the Ulysses Town Board meeting last week. I came away thinking that it would be important to get Doug Austic’s commitment in writing. It would be something solid to show the state officials and it would be there to remind Doug of his promise. Verbal support is great, but I think it really is necessary to get written support from the involved municipalities.
Tom
Hi, My wife and I live in the Rochester area and are interested in the BD RR and trail. We have traveled on the Lehigh and BD trail in the Rochester area by bicycle and really love it. Do you know if the trail will connect from here to your area in Ithica?? We have photos of the trail on this end and can e-mail some of them if you would like us to. They were just taken this month (July, 2008)
I wonder if we have to form a planning group independent of Parks — the trail could be put into excellent, usable condition (apart from the bridges) by volunteer labor, but I don’t think Parks can be seen to be responsible for this kind of “short-cut” implementation.
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16 Guestbook Entries
By Charles Dietrich on May 28, 2008
Great trail! I hope they get the bridges put in soon, so it’s easier to use.
By Tom Myers on Jun 16, 2008
I attended the Ulysses Town Board meeting last week. I came away thinking that it would be important to get Doug Austic’s commitment in writing. It would be something solid to show the state officials and it would be there to remind Doug of his promise. Verbal support is great, but I think it really is necessary to get written support from the involved municipalities.
Tom
By Duane Smith on Jul 15, 2008
Hi, My wife and I live in the Rochester area and are interested in the BD RR and trail. We have traveled on the Lehigh and BD trail in the Rochester area by bicycle and really love it. Do you know if the trail will connect from here to your area in Ithica?? We have photos of the trail on this end and can e-mail some of them if you would like us to. They were just taken this month (July, 2008)
Duane Smith
By Russell Nelson on Sep 28, 2008
Hey, you guys need a good interactive map. How about this one:
http://rutlandtrail.org/gmap.cgi?Black-Diamond-Trail.railtrail
By Jan Zeserson on Feb 17, 2009
Thanks, Russell Nelson, for the BD Trail interactive map! (scroll down to read Russell’s comment of 09/28/08)
http://rutlandtrail.org/gmap.cgi?Black-Diamond-Trail.railtrail
By Admin on Feb 17, 2009
I wonder if we have to form a planning group independent of Parks — the trail could be put into excellent, usable condition (apart from the bridges) by volunteer labor, but I don’t think Parks can be seen to be responsible for this kind of “short-cut” implementation.