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Clinton County transportation committee flags Empire State Trail funding gaps and delays in transit tracking software

Clinton County Legislature · March 1, 2026
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Summary

County transportation staff told the Legislature that a proposed Empire State Trail route would affect county-owned Lake Shore Road but lacks state funding for necessary upgrades; planners also said a request for proposals for real-time bus-tracking software awaits NYSDOT approval before solicitation.

During committee reports at the Feb. 14 Clinton County Legislature meeting, Transportation Committee members raised two operational issues: concerns about the Empire State Trail routing and a delay in issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for transit-tracking software.

Highway Superintendent Al Rascoe said the Governor's Empire State Trail proposal would include a segment of county-owned Lake Shore Road but that "very little…

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