Category: Public Comment

A/GFTC staff is requesting amendments to the A/GFTC Transportation Improvement Program to add two new bridge projects via the competitively solicited Bridge NY program – Hudson Street over Mill Creek in Johnsburg (Warren County) and County Route 3 over Mill Brook in the Town of Putnam (Washington County). Both applications are available as one file here: https://agftc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bridge-NY-applications.pdf . Public comment on these requests will be accepted in writing until February 20, 2023. Comments may be sent via email to aaron@agftc.org or via conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

The Town of Lake George is requesting an amendment to the A/GFTC Transportation Improvement Program to add $250,000 for the Preliminary Engineering phase of an improvement project for NYS 9N from the Village boundary northward to Hearthstone Point campground. The request letter is available here: https://agftc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TIP-amendment-NYS-9N_Lakeshore-Drive-preliminary-engineering.pdf. Public comment on this request will be accepted in writing until Febrauary 20, 2023. Comments may be sent via email to aaron@agftc.org or via conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

The draft Mill Pond Pedestrian Improvements study has been presented to the Horicon Town Board and is now available for public review and comment. The draft report is available here.

Public comments will be accepted through January 6, 2023. Please send written comments to aaron@agftc.org or by conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street #203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

The draft Glen / Sanford / Grant intersection study has been reviewed by the Glens Falls Board of Public Safety and is now available for public review and comment per A/GFTC procedures. Comments will be accepted in writing at aaron@agftc.org through November 25, 2022. Click here to view the report.

The A/GFTC Planning Committee has approved the attached draft 2023-2024 Unified Planning Work Program for public review and comment. The UPWP is A/GFTC’s annual work program and contains a listing of proposed and intended federally funded transportation planning tasks to be carried out during the upcoming State Fiscal Year (4/1/23 – 3/31/24) by staff, member agency staff, and consultant assistance. The draft document is available here: https://agftc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023_24-UPWP_draft.pdf . Comments will be accepted in writing until February 20, 2023. Please send comments via email to aaron@agftc.org or via mail to A/GFTC, 11 South St. Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

A draft of the updated Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan (CHSTP) is now available for public comment.

The purpose of the CHSTP is to provide a framework for the coordination of transportation services within the planning area with an emphasis on services for aging adults and persons with disabilities. This Plan will provide a structure for the development of projects that address the transportation needs of the targeted populations by improving coordination between transportation stakeholders (agencies, clients, operators, and regulatory entities).
In addition, the CHSTP sets forth priorities for key Federal Transit Administration (FTA) programs.

Comment will be accepted in writing until September 9, 2022. Please send comments via email to jack@agftc.org or via mail to A/GFTC, 11 South St. Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

The draft Salem Pedestrian Connections Study is available for public review and comment. The intent of the plan is to identify conceptual pedestrian/bicycle and streetscape improvements in and around the former Village and to build on previous planning efforts, with emphases on improvements to the streetscape and pedestrian amenities. Public comments will be received through Friday, August 26 and may be submitted through the Contact Us module of this website, via email at jack@agftc.org, or by conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

A/GFTC has released its draft Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for public review and comment. The TIP is the five-year roster of planned federally-supported investments in the surface transportation system within the A/GFTC planning and programming area for Federal Fiscal Years 2023-2027. The draft program contains improvement projects for highways, bridges, public transportation, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The draft program is available at this link; comments or requests for hardcopies of the plan may be submitted to info@agftc.org or via conventional mail to A/GFTC, 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801. Comments will be accepted through July 29, 2022.

A draft report for the Carey Road Industrial Park access analysis is now available for public review and comment prior to consideration for acceptance as final. Please send any comments in writing to aaron@agftc.org or to A/GFTC, 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801. Comments will be accepted through 6/10/22/. The draft is available at the following link:

https://agftc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/draft-report_Caery-Road-Industrial-Park-access-analysis.pdf

A/GFTC has received an amendment request to its Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) from the New York State Department of Transportation to add $1.830M in matched federal funds to the construction and construction inspection phases of its project #1722.71 to resurface Interstate 87 between Exit 16 and the Hudson River in Saratoga County. The request would also advance obligation of those phases to occur within the current federal fiscal year. Additional details on this amendment request are available at this link. A/GFTC procedures require that requested funding changes that exceed $1.0M are to be made available for public review and comment prior to A/GFTC Policy Committee approval. Comments may be transmitted to A/GFTC at 11 South Street, Suite 203, Glens Falls, NY 12801 or by email to aaron@agftc.org. Comments will be accepted through June 21, 2022.