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The Town of Newfane Local Waterfront Revitalization Program is a locally prepared comprehensive land and water use plan for the Town's natural, public, and developed waterfront resources along Eighteen Mile, Krull, and Hopkins Creeks and Lake Ontario.
The Town of Newfane LWRP refines and supplements the State's Coastal Management Program and provides a comprehensive framework within which critical waterfront issues can be addressed and planned waterfront improvement projects can be pursued and implemented. The approval history of the Newfane LWRP was published in a final public notice.
The highlighted text is a download link for the fulll Town of Newfane LWRP document.
The links below provide easy access to each part of the Town of Newfane LWRP, as approved in 1998:
Section I. Waterfront Revitalization Boundary
Section II. Inventory and Analysis
Section III. State and Local Policies
Section IV. Proposed Land and Water Uses and Proposed Public and Private Projects
Section V. Techniques for Local Implementation of the LWRP
Section VI. State and Federal Programs Likely to Affect Implementation
Section VII. Consultation with Other Affected Federal, State, Regional, and Local Agencies
Section VIII. Local Commitment
To accommodate recreational fishing and increased public access to its waterfront, the Town of Newfane is concentrating its efforts on improving its marina at Olcott Harbor, constructing new docks to accommodate larger boats, controlling erosion and stabilizing the shoreline, and repairing the boardwalk along the shoreline.
