Officials Show United Front Resisting Riverfront Barge Parking

A proposal to allow massive barges to anchor off the shore of several lower Hudson Valley communities is facing increased backlash from local politicians and organizations as a deadline to comment approaches Earlier this year, the Coast Guard issued a proposal to establish new anchorage grounds in the Hudson River from Yonkers to Kingston in an effort to improve navigation safety along an extended portion of the area, which currently has no grounds for barges as large as 600-feet to park. With the domestic oil production rapidly on the rise , trade lines have become increasingly valuable.

Westchester Officials Show United Front Resisting Riverfront Barge Parking

A proposal to allow massive barges to anchor off the shore of several lower Hudson Valley communities is facing increased backlash from local politicians and organizations as a deadline to comment approaches Earlier this year, the Coast Guard issued a proposal to establish new anchorage grounds in the Hudson River from Yonkers to Kingston in an effort to improve navigation safety along an extended portion of the area, which currently has no grounds for barges as large as 600-feet to park. With the domestic oil production rapidly on the rise , trade lines have become increasingly valuable.

Hudson River waterfronts don’t want oil ships barging in on their revitalized neighborhoods

A barge and tugboat anchored along the Hudson River near Yonkers, N.Y. Officials and many residents say a plan from the maritime industry to create 10 anchorage sites on the river would be a step backward for communities that have worked hard to shed their industrial pasts. Under the proposal, Yonkers and two villages to the north, Hastings-on-Hudson and Dobbs Ferry, would have by far the most barges at anchor, with 16 berths spread across 715 acres on the water.

A barge and tugboat anchored along the Hudson River near Yonkers,…

A barge and tugboat anchored along the Hudson River near Yonkers, N.Y., Aug. 4, 2016. Officials and many residents say a plan from the maritime industry to create 10 anchorage sites on the river would be a step backward for communities that have worked hard to shed their industrial pasts.