County rips out bridge, took Genesee Snowpackers club 400 hours to build

Your e-mails, postal mail and faxes are needed now !

Genesee County, on the advice of counsel, ripped out a 60 foot bridge constructed by the Genesee Sno-Packers. The club needs help getting this fixed, the bridge is not destroyed and can be put back in place to keep this corridor trail(C4G) open.  The problem seems to be with the county attorney, one Mr. John Rizzo claiming that the county has too much liability for this bridge.

NYSSA has been advised and recommends for all NYSSA members as well as citizens of Genesee County to contact the elected officials for this area(Especially the County elected officials) whether by phone, e-mail, postal mail and fax to express your concerns. 

Please make sure to mention the following in your message:

a. The statewide snowmobile trail liability policy is in effect year round.
b. The snowmobile realted activity policy has $2 Million worth of liability coverage.
c. The county is protected under the NYS General Obligations Law.
d. This Corridor Trail(C4G) connects Western New York to the rest of the state trail system.
e. The community benefits economically from snowmobilers.
f. The Towns and County benefit economically from the sales taxes collected.
g. The bridge was designed for and is used by many citizens(multi-use) and is handicap accessible.
h. The bridge costs the county nothing as the club built it and maintains it.

The squeaky wheel get the grease-so the more calls they receive, the more time they spend on listening to people, the more motivated they will be to fix this problem.

Contact Information for elected officials

Genesee County Legislative contacts

NY State Senator Michael H. Ranzenhofer

District Office
8203 Main Street, Suite 4
Williamsville, NY 14221
Tel: (716) 631-8695 / Fax: (716) 634-4321

Albany Office
315 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Tel: (518) 455-3161 / Fax: (518) 426-6963
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NY State Representative Stephen Hawley

DISTRICT OFFICE
121 N. Main Street, Suite 100
Albion, NY 14411
585-589-5780

ALBANY OFFICE
Room 531 LOB
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5811
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Newspaper articles and map

http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/articles/2009/10/23/news/6093246.txt

http://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/county-taking-down-sour-springs-bridge-took-snowmobile-club-400-hours-build/10395

http://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/todays-poll-did-county-do-right-thing-removing-volunteer-installed-bridge-sour-sp

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