Sentences with phrase «rail trail corridor»

The 9 - mile Rail Trail corridor is owned by Albany County and is a shared - use path that accommodates all types of non-motorized traffic.

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The Associated Press - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has approved a plan to divide a 119 - mile state - owned rail corridor through the Adirondacks to extend a scenic train route and create a new multi-use trail.

The state's plan called for removing the rails between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid for a trail corridor that could be used by hikers, bicyclists, snowmobilers and cross-country skiers.

The committee waded through the choices of rail - and - trail or rail or trail alone across the 38 miles of county - owned corridor stretching from the Hudson River to the county line at Highmount in Shandaken.

Cuomo has approved a plan to divide a 119 - mile state - owned rail corridor through the Adirondacks to extend a scenic train route and create a new multi-use trail.

A hearing Monday on a lawsuit challenging New York's plan for a rail to trail transition along the Remsen to Lake Placid rail corridor was delayed after the judge requested more information pertaining to ownership of land along the route.

Hein first proposed the extended trail last October calling for the development of a multi-use recreational trail along the county - owned Ulster & Delaware Rail corridor, which stretches more than 38 miles from Kingston to Highmount near Belleayre Mountain.

«There are 180,000 miles of abandoned railroad corridors around the country, and about 13,000 of these miles have been converted to trails,» says Della Penna, a sales associate with The Murphys Inc., REALTORS ®, in Northampton, Mass, and a 20 - year veteran of the railroad industry who has written several books on the rails - to - trails movement.

Ideal for many uses, such as bicycling, walking, inline skating, cross-country skiing, and equestrian and wheelchair use, rail - trails are extremely popular as recreation and transportation corridors.»