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Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
Five key issues and opportunities emerged during the preparation of the Cayuga Lake Waterfront Plan. Specific projects and initiatives are proposed in the LWRP to address them. Following is an illustrative list of projects proposed in the draft LWRP.
Increase public access to the waterfront through trail development and enhancing waterfront parks.
- Develop the Cayuga Waterfront Trail, a six-mile multi-use trail on Cayuga Lake and Cayuga Inlet in the City of Ithaca.
- Develop the Black Diamond Trail to connect the County’s four state parks to the Cayuga Waterfront Trail.
- Enhance Stewart Park, the City’s historic waterfront park, through improving the condition of the lake edge, restoring historic buildings, developing trails in the park, and upgrading park landscape and facilities.
- Upgrade facilities at Cass Park, the City’s largest and most heavily used waterfront park.
- Improve Lansing Town Park, including landscaping at Lighthouse Point and construction of a waterfront performance pavilion.
- Preserve significant open spaces in the viewshed of Cayuga Lake through the establishment of an Open Space Preservation Program.
- Improve fishing access and small boating facilities (launches and rental) on Cayuga Lake and its tributaries.
- Enhance the Ithaca Farmers’ Market, located at the historic Steamboat Landing.
Control noise from boats and enhance boater safety by strengthening and enforcing boating regulations.
- Adopt new boating regulations and increase enforcement to address noise problems.
Dredge the navigable sections of the Cayuga Inlet to enhance boat access and maintain flood protection.
- Dredge Cayuga Inlet to maintain navigability, to support the commercial viability of marinas and waterfront restaurants, and to control flooding in the downtown area.
Stimulate water-dependent and water-enhanced development in the City of Ithaca.
- Redevelop NYS Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Maintenance Facility site, a six-acre site adjacent to the Ithaca Farmers’ Market.
- Continue Inlet Island and West End Waterfront development.
Protect and improve the water quality of Cayuga Lake, which is critical and integral the success of all other projects and initiatives.
- Support ongoing watershed management efforts by the Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Organization and the County Planning Department to enhance the water quality of Cayuga Lake.
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