(Credit: Courtesy Warren County, 2022.)
This bridge on Bay Road near Walkup Road replaced a culvert that collapsed last March.
DEC continues site characterization in Jenkinsville
The site characterization study in Queensbury’s Jenkinsville neighborhood is continuing, and the Town of Queensbury approved an agreement that gives the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation access to property in order to drill test wells as part of that process.
Residential well water downhill from four closed landfills in the Jenkinsville area has been tainted. Queensbury owned one of the landfills. Private companies owned the others.
Investigators have found 1,4Dioxanes and PFOA in some residential wells. Both are harmful to humans if ingested over the long term, but at the levels found when the investigation began almost two years ago are not considered dangerous by the state department of health in the short term. The state has been providing bottled water to homes since the investigation started.
“We don’t know the source of these contaminants,” said Supervisor Strough. Strough added that there’s no correlation as to why some of the wells are contaminated and some are not.
“We’re hoping by spring we may know more,” he said during the Monday Dec. 5 town board meeting.
[Read more of our extensive Jenkinsville coverage, here.] –Luke Mosseau
Queensbury/Glens Falls Transportation Agreement
The Town of Queensbury approved a contract with the Greater Glens Falls Transit System to continue its service within the town limits. They voted on the decision at the Town Board meeting Monday Dec. 5.
“The Town Board believes that this public transportation service benefits and serves the public interest of town residents,” the agreement states.
Under the agreement, Supervisor John Strough and Stuart Baker, a senior planner with the town, will represent Queensbury on the Transit System Advisory Committee.
Queensbury will pay $61,525 annually for the transportation service, up 2% from last year according to Supervisor Strough. –Luke Mosseau
Bay Road bridge re-opens in Queensbury
From a press release: Bay Road (Warren County Route 7) in Queensbury reopened to traffic Tuesday after an emergency bridge replacement project was completed over a stream near the intersection with Walkup Road.
The bridge, located between Walkup and Moon Hill roads over an unnamed tributary of Dream Lake, closed on March 30, 2022 after a portion of the metal culvert beneath it collapsed.
Requirements of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers necessitated a full bridge replacement project, and design, permit and supply chain issues resulted in an 8-month timetable. The bridge had included an 8-foot-wide culvert, and was replaced with a 40-foot-wide bridge.
An additional course of pavement will be added in Spring 2023.
Warren County Department of Public Works thanks motorists and residents for their cooperation during this project.