Obstacles Archives - Keeseville's Historic Bridges

Perfect day to write a letter!

By matt | May 23, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment

MAY 23, 2021 —

HELP US SAVE KEESEVILLE’S HISTORIC BRIDGES:
Today is the perfect day to spend five minutes and write a letter of support for us! We are in the midst of many grants that we could be applying for.

Please write an email today to our representatives, letting them know that they have the power to do the right thing. Preserve History, right a wrong, and make history by choosing to save historical bridges. They could be the heroes in saving our bridges.

Copy and Paste the following addresses One at a time into one single email. It only takes a minute and we appreciate it!Please be POSITIVE and respectful. Thank you!

Essex County Board of Supervisors
townofchesterfield@gmail.com
supervisor@townofcrownpointny.gov
etown@etownny.com
supervisor@townofessexny.gov
supervisor@townofjayny.gov
supervisor1@townofkeeneny.gov
supervisor@lewistownhall.com
supervisor@townofminervany.gov
supervisor@townofmoriahny.gov
supervisor@newcombny.com
super@northelba.org
supervisor@townofnorthhudsonny.gov
davinastarmand@gmail.com
supervisor@schroon.net
supervisor@townofticonderoga.org
supervisor@westportny.net
supervisor@townofwillsborony.gov
townsupervisor@townofwilmington.org

Clinton County Legislature
hometowncable@yahoo.com
fvperyea@yahoo.com
mark.henry@clintoncountygov.com
rick.potiker@clintoncountygov.com
conroy.simon@gmail.com
KoffeeKat13@live.com
rob.timmons@clintoncountygov.com
wendellhughes.area8@aol.com
hall469@charter.net
joshua.kretser@clintoncountygov.com

Clinton County Highway Supervisor
Karl.Weiss@clintoncountygov.com

Essex County Superintendent of Public Works
james.dougan@essexcountyny.gov

Town of Ausable Supervisor
s.senecal@townofausable.net

Save Keeseville Historic Bridges
keesevillehistoricbridges@gmail.com

Write Letters – Swing Bridge Update

By matt | May 22, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment

MAY 22, 2021 —

Keep writing letters to both Clinton County and Essex County Officials….It’s THAT important!

When we started our campaign July 22nd 2020, one of the very first things we brought up was the trees growing over the swing bridge and the potential for damage. The Essex County side of the river was quickly cleaned up and it LOOKS fantastic!

A few weeks later we took a walk with two Clinton County officials and they also mentioned that these trees were hazardous to the bridge, and that there were drainage issues, and issues with leaves and other debris that were building up in places that shouldn’t be. They did fix one large sink hole on the approach to the bridge (thank you), but the trees have not been addressed yet. I learned a few months back that The town of Ausable has requested to Clinton County many times that these trees be removed to prevent any potential being done to the bridge.

It would take a few hours of work (maybe a day) to remove the large branch, and removing a few other trees would open up the view of this bridge making it once again a highlight for the town. Because the bridge is on the Clinton County Inventory, the only group allowed to do the work is those in the highway department for Clinton County.

Even a little TLC would be a great start to the summer here for our bridges. Let’s hope it gets done soon. I’d happy show pictures when it is finished and give credit to those who did the work!

Time to write letters

By matt | May 17, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment

MAY 17, 2021 —

The time has come, and we need your help! This is for those of you asking for months what you can do to help. Please read, write and share:

SAVE KEESEVILLE’S HISTORIC BRIDGES
Letter Writing Campaign

We need EVERYONE to please take a few minutes to write a letter or email to the Essex County Board of Supervisors, and Clinton County Legislature. Please help us ASAP.

Please keep your messages positive. Tell them what the bridges mean to you, and why you feel they are important to be restored and reopened. Please emails to ALL of those listed below. You can copy and paste their email addresses into one email if you would like!

1) Address Traffic Issues / Overwhelmed Intersections
2) Preserve Nationally Historic Bridges / Civil Engineering Landmarks
3) Promote Tourism
4) Support Local Businesses

WE NEED YOUR HELP! The more people that write letters, the more likely we will be heard.

HELP US SAVE KEESEVILLE’S HISTORIC BRIDGES:

Copy and Paste the following addresses into one email.

Essex County Board of Supervisors

townofchesterfield@gmail.com
supervisor@townofcrownpointny.gov
etown@etownny.com
supervisor@townofessexny.gov
supervisor@townofjayny.gov
supervisor1@townofkeeneny.gov
supervisor@lewistownhall.com
supervisor@townofminervany.gov
supervisor@townofmoriahny.gov
supervisor@newcombny.com
super@northelba.org
supervisor@townofnorthhudsonny.gov
davinastarmand@gmail.com
supervisor@schroon.net
supervisor@townofticonderoga.org
supervisor@westportny.net
supervisor@townofwillsborony.gov
townsupervisor@townofwilmington.org