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NYS Canal Corp Files Plans with NYSDEC to Repair Another Canal
Embankment Safety Issue
DIR By: Doug K
Date: October 12, 2022, 7:23 am
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While many people living near or using the NYS Canal System are
concerned about when the Erie Canal will close for 2022, or when
the NYPA will start clearing trees away from unsafe embankments
again, the NYS Canal Corporation has been quietly going about
the business of repairing issues with unsafe embankments and
"reimagining" the 21st century Erie Canal, and improving access
and safety to the Canal System.
This paperwork was filed in August 2022, to repair an embankment
that is slipping, and could end up becoming an embankment breach
if "nothing is done" to fix it. It is for an embankment
INTEGRITY issue in Oneida County. You can follow the link below
the image for more information.
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HTML https://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20220824_reg6.html
This isn't the only Environmental Notice Bulletin regarding the
Erie Canal that has been filed, here's another for the soon to
be built Pedestrian Bridge in Brockport, that will join the SUNY
College on the south side of the Erie, to the Empire Trail on
the North Embankment. It's another project by NYPA's Reimagine
Program that is raising eyebrows and causing some controversy
locally.
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HTML https://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20220831_reg8.html
So the big question is when will the NY State DEC release the
NEW paperwork for the NYS Erie Canal Embankment Integrity
Program?
That Canal Integrity program will pave the way for continued
work on clearing 100s of miles of earthen canal embankments of
invasive vegetation that has made the embankments unsafe, and
has prevented proper dam inspection and maintenance for almost
100 years now. And that SEQR Filing will also mean that the NYS
Canal Corporation has completed it's work on the Erie Canal
Embankment Handbook, that will spell out exactly how embankments
will be cleared, and why... which is for PUBLIC SAFETY, incase
it wasn't apparent to some.
HTML https://www.nyscanalintegrity.org/
Normally these NYS Department of Environmental Conservation ENBs
come out on Wednesdays, like today. The ECNA is fairly confident
that the SEQR filing will be occurring in October, that is when
the NYS Canal Corporation normally release their Environmental
Notices for any work that will occur in the off-season along the
Erie Canal.
Let's hope those few people in our community, who have opposed
this safety work for 4 years, have finally come to their senses
and will stop fighting against NY State efforts to correct
longstanding public safety issues with these canal embankments,
and a canal system in a state of dangerous disrepair.
Or maybe those social media miscreants will just ignore the
safety warnings again, and ignore the safety of Erie Canal
Neighbors living below the Canal Embankments.
That Facebook Group who's opposing canal improvements may once
again ignore the safety of their neighbors & canal communities
by saying that "shade" is MORE important than safety along the
Canal, but the evidence, and common sense is against them,
especially when the NYS DEC will support the NYS Canal
Corporation, and the SAFETY of all NY Residents.
But the reality is that many in that Facebook Group simply don't
care about their neighbors, or their community, or so it appears
by their continued "indifference" to their own safety.
You can check here for the latest NYSDEC Bulletins for all work
that may affect the environment:
HTML https://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/enb.html
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Re: NYS Canal Corp Files Plans with NYSDEC to Repair Another
Canal Embankment Safety Issue
DIR By: Doug K
Date: October 17, 2022, 9:21 am
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And all over the State there are SEQR determinations being made
to actually remove MANY trees in other places... like along the
Hudson River, part of the NYS Canal System.
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HTML https://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20221012_not5.html
HTML https://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20221012_not8.html
As a matter of fact, you have to get a SEQR Environmental Review
Negative Declaration to PLANT trees, even if they are replacing
dead trees.
Because both REMOVAL and PLANTING of trees can have a
detrimental affect on the environment, like planting trees on
Earthen Embankments that retain water, where NYS does not
approve of any vegetation growth but grass. Contrary to what
some in our community insist is true, not all TREES are good for
the environment, or for public safety.
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