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Feb. 17, 2018
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Access for the disabled takes spotlight as Boreas debate enters next phase
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RAY BROOK | The Boreas Pond Tract classification has been approved by the Adirondack Park Agency and is now awaiting the governor’s signature. Stakeholders are preparing to hammer out the details over the final 590 feet of roadway from the Gulf Brook Road barricade to the ponds themselves. At the center of the emerging debate is whether motorized wheelchairs should be granted access.
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Stakeholders have long sparred over how long Gulf Brook Road, the seven-mile thoroughfare granting access to the namesake ponds from Blue Ridge Road, should be kept open. The former logging road is barricaded at three miles under the DEC’s interim access plan. » Boreas Cont. on pg. 11
With the classification for Boreas Ponds now approved by the Adirondack Park Agency, access for the disabled will play a central role as stakeholders discuss how much of the final 590 feet of road leading up to the ponds will be kept open. File photo
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LAKE GEORGE | Crowds will be gazing at vehicles careening over ice and snow in high-octane races this weekend during the third installment of the legendary Lake George Winter Carnival. Th is year’s frigid weather means a lineup of motorsports beloved by many in the region will return to the Carnival after several years’ hiatus due to lack of snow or lake ice. Four-wheel-drive dragsters, all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles will all be holding sanctioned races on the ice of Lake George this weekend.
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