Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Catskill Mountainkeeper group raises casino traffic issue

Youngsville – The Catskill Mountainkeeper organization Monday launched a campaign to urge Catskill residents and visitors to speak out against the casinos planned for Sullivan County.

There are two casinos proposed in Sullivan, one at Monticello Raceway and the other at Bridgeville.

The Catskill Mountainkeeper group has purchased billboard space on the Orange/Sullivan border going westbound on NY Rt. 17 with the message, “What’s the point of living in the Catskills if the traffic’s as bad as in the city.”

Its executive director Ramsay Adams said casinos will likely cause significant traffic congestion on NY Rt. 17.

“There’s no way to mitigate, in the near future, the impact of traffic,” he said. Each casino and developer has looked at the impact of their one casino. “No one has looked at the impact of multiple casinos.”

Michael Edelstein, president of Orange Environment, Inc., said Rt. 17 is the “main street of our region” and one or more casinos “will have a severe impact on our mobility.”


Say no to casinos in the Catskills:  Send a message to Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today.


Secretary Kempthorne can decide the future of our region for the better by denying applications for a casino at the Monticello Raceway and others in the Catskills. Send him a message today!



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