Brocton approves snowmobile bridge
By MICHAEL RUKAVINA
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12/2/2007 - OBSERVER Staff Writer
BROCTON — Snowmobilers rejoice in Brocton. A safer means of travel was approved by the Brocton Village Board when they gave permission to the Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club to erect a bridge.
"We retained permission to create a snowmobile trail across the watershed property, and we have to build a bridge over the creek to make it safe, so we were looking for permission before we built it," said club Vice President Steve Smith of Brocton.
The village granted permission of snowmobilers to use the village-owned land as the group carries its own insurance. The only provisions by attorney Sam Drayo were for the village to name themselves as a secondary insurance, and to give themselves authority to take the bridge down if they see fit.
Since its approval back in November, the Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club has constructed the bridge that will benefit the Secondary 45 from C4B in and out of Brocton, and the Corridor C4B -Mayville to Brocton to Stockton trails. Corridor C4B starts at an intersection with Corridor 4 approximately 1/2-mile northeast of State Route 430. The first part of Corridor C4B is essentially the old Penn Central Railroad line from Mayville to Brocton.
The Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club season starts after the end-of-season party and its annual election of officers (normally around the end of April). The new snowmobiling season starts with lots of trail maintenance, new trail development, new bridge work and maintenance, and trail signing that occurs before the snow flies.
Volunteer workers actually spend more than 1,000 man hours between spring, summer and into late fall.
The club is associated with NYSSA — New York State Snowmobile Association — and has a 100 percent membership rate to support voices across the state and in Albany. The mission is to develop new trails and maintain existing trails during the off months, groom, and ride the trails during season.
For more information on trails and the club, visit www.chautauquasnow.com.
BROCTON — Snowmobilers rejoice in Brocton. A safer means of travel was approved by the Brocton Village Board when they gave permission to the Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club to erect a bridge.
"We retained permission to create a snowmobile trail across the watershed property, and we have to build a bridge over the creek to make it safe, so we were looking for permission before we built it," said club Vice President Steve Smith of Brocton.
The village granted permission of snowmobilers to use the village-owned land as the group carries its own insurance. The only provisions by attorney Sam Drayo were for the village to name themselves as a secondary insurance, and to give themselves authority to take the bridge down if they see fit.
Since its approval back in November, the Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club has constructed the bridge that will benefit the Secondary 45 from C4B in and out of Brocton, and the Corridor C4B -Mayville to Brocton to Stockton trails. Corridor C4B starts at an intersection with Corridor 4 approximately 1/2-mile northeast of State Route 430. The first part of Corridor C4B is essentially the old Penn Central Railroad line from Mayville to Brocton.
The Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club season starts after the end-of-season party and its annual election of officers (normally around the end of April). The new snowmobiling season starts with lots of trail maintenance, new trail development, new bridge work and maintenance, and trail signing that occurs before the snow flies.
Volunteer workers actually spend more than 1,000 man hours between spring, summer and into late fall.
The club is associated with NYSSA — New York State Snowmobile Association — and has a 100 percent membership rate to support voices across the state and in Albany. The mission is to develop new trails and maintain existing trails during the off months, groom, and ride the trails during season.
For more information on trails and the club, visit www.chautauquasnow.com.
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