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The Town of Poughkeepsie 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 the Hudson River.
The Town of Poughkeepsie 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 Town of Poughkeepsie LWRP was published in a final public notice.
The highlighted text is a download link for the fulll Town of Poughkeepsie LWRP document.
The links below provide easy access to each part of the Town of Poughkeepsie LWRP, as approved in 1999:
Section I. Waterfront Revitalization Boundary
Section II. Inventory and Analysis
Section III. Local Policies and Applicable State Policies
Section IV. Proposed Land and Water Uses and Proposed Projects
Section V. Techniques for Local Implementation of the Program
Section VI. State and Federal Actions and Programs Likely to Affect Implementation
Appendix A. Significant coastal fish and wildlife habitats
Appendix B. Esopu/Lloyd SASS
Appendix C. Study of the Feasibility of Providing Access to the Hudson River Waterfront
Appendix D. Waterfront Consistency Review Law
Appendix E. Local Laws
Appendix F. Procedural Guidelines
The Town of Poughkeepsie has improved public access to its Hudson River waterfront by working in partnership with Marist College to create Longview Park.
