
APA approves housing in Saranac Lake, Lake Placid
The two housing development projects add 70 units of apartments to Saranac Lake and 6 houses to Lake Placid
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The two housing development projects add 70 units of apartments to Saranac Lake and 6 houses to Lake Placid
Residents gave an earful to commissioners of the Adirondack Park Agency during its first in-person meeting in over a year.
Development projects and an enforcement case are on the APA's agenda at its first in-person meeting in more than a year.
On its eight-member board, the APA has one vacant position, two board members serving on expired terms and still no chair.
"It’s just been a unique, tremendous place that still has to fight to retain its incredible natural characteristics."
By Tim Rowland
would be extended to employees of ORDA, the Department of Environmental Conservation and state contractors who have immediate contact with the public.
APA signed off on a new office building for the Olympic Regional Development Authority to go up near the former Adirondack Medical Center.
State lawmakers unanimously passed a bill strengthening and making permanent a law against spreading aquatic invasive species.
The proposed three-story building is up for public comment, along with a number of other projects.
By Tim Rowland
The state Department of Environmental Conservation provided a written statement confirming that it will work with the local governments to create a shuttle system with restroom and parking in 2022 to "play a critical role in helping to manage sustainable visitation in the High Peaks."