Middleburgh Designs New Parking Lot

MIDDLEBURGH - Now that the old "chalet" house at 111 Railroad Avenue is down, it is time to transform it into its next function, a parking lot.

Village officials unveiled the design of the 92-foot long by 37-foot wide parking lot at their meeting Monday night.

Mayor Tim Knight said that the parking lot will have 10 spots of various widths. The rear four spaces will be reserved for permitted residents and will be eight-feet wide. The next two spaces will be nine feet-wide and the front four spaces will be 10-feet wide.

"We have increased the parking spot width as you approach Railroad Avenue to give drivers more room for backing out purposes," Mayor Knight said.

The next steps are to build a retaining wall in the rear of the lot, install posts for a fence, bring in fill, line the lot, and open it up.

DPW Superintendent Cole Keyser Monday night said that there is no timeline, but once the retaining wall is done, the rest should go quickly. A lot depends on the weather, he added. There are several options for the retaining wall including Jersey barriers and a wall with a fence.

The concrete sidewalk entrance to the lot has been completed and the entrance has been "tested" and is wide enough for good vision up the street for drivers leaving the lot.

In other news about the 111 Railroad lot, officials continue their plans to repurpose the supports for the front porch of the old "chalet." 

The posts, which measure three-by-four feet, are restorable and may be used in an entrance-way.