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Claes Nyberg asked for an update on plans to gate off the park at Salt Point at the Lansing Town Meeting Wednesday.  Nyberg owns property north of the park, which is the best access for dropping off groceries and materials.  he has expressed a keen interest in plans for Salt point as plans have been developed for the Town to manage the property.

The Town plans to convert the area from the free-for-all space it has become to a controlled quiet park where visitors can  hike along nature trails and use non-powered boats, among other things.  "Weather permitting we'll be putting a gate up at the end of April," Town Supervisor Steve Farkas explained.  "We'll start doing what we need to do to construct the project."


Deputy Supervisor Bud Shattuck explained that the gate will be placed near a water diversion ditch the railroad cut through the park.  The ditch will be a barrier to traffic when the gate is closed.  "We're still establishing the rules of the park," Shattuck said.  "The park will be open during certain hours and closed during certain hours.  The gate will be closed during those closed hours at night when we don't have staff there to supervise."

"If it stops the nefarious traffic that we've had down there over the years, it will discourage the unlawful use of the park and discourteous use of the park for the first summer," Shattuck added.  "We'll have the Town Constable patrolling down there."


"I understand what you're trying to achieve," Nyberg said.  "A lot of people go down there and drink beer and have fist fights.  My other concern is what if there's an emergency?"

Shattuck said that authorized personnel will be able to get into the park when it is closed.  "There will be an emergency pin so that the railroad can go in, emergency personnel can go in, Town personnel can go in," he explained.  "Anybody who needs to for a specific reason."


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