JUL 25, 2020 — 

Keep it going! We are at almost 300 signatures for our petition to save the bridges in Keeseville. Please share, email, text, shout, or tell everyone who doesn’t use social media!

Here is an updated proposal idea to save our bridges. It’s not meant as a perfect solution, but to start the conversation.

THE UPPER BRIDGE (River St/ AuSable St)

A Multi Year Process

1) Immediately stop the removal of the upper bridge and use that funding to stabilize the bridge as much as we can to move forward.

2) Find out what happened to the grant funding that was acquired and use it or apply for new grant funding to open the bridge as a pedestrian / bike bridge.

3) Over the next few years acquire state funding, and any other grants to renovate the bridge enough to reopen for cars.

THE WALKING BRIDGE

A community Go Fund Me Campaign to get the walking bridge sanded and repainted. New Entrances to each side of the bridge that look the same, and modern railings. Fix the “Foot prints in the sidewalk”. Trim the trees back so the bridge can be seen, and add a community flower garden to make it look nice.

THE CHASM BRIDGE

A Community wide Business Go Fund Me Campaign starting with large companies like NYSEG, Pepsi, Etc. With the new Multi-million dollar dam in place, it would be great to first renovate and open it as a walking bridge, and then get more funding to open it for cars.

What happens next? At the end of a community, town, and county effort, the bridges will now be expected to be regularly maintained again by each county. If we all work together this can be successful.

Town of Chesterfield Meeting is August 4th at 7:00pm. I’ll be working on a Town of Ausable meeting date soon.