ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)— Proposition One is a complicated measure, centered around the Olympic winter sports facility, Mount Van Hoevenberg in Essex County.
It passed with just more than 45% of the vote, 150-thousand more yays than nays.
The measure bringing previous expansions at the site into state compliance, and allowing for 2,500 acres of new land to be purchased to expand the Adirondack Preserve.
Adirondack Council explained what happens next.
“Well, the next steps are working with the legislature to approve a parcel for acquisition,” said John Sheehan, Director of Communication for the Adirondack Council. “The Department of Environmental Conservation will have to go out and purchase a piece of property on behalf of the state.”
According to the DEC, funding for the land purchase has yet to be determined. The location of that land also still up in the air.
“There’s lots of parcels available from willing sellers that are currently adjacent to the existing forest preserve. We’d love to see this be wilderness. We think having more roadless land in the forest of the Adirondacks would be an appropriate way to compensate the public.”
Senator Pete Harckham, Chair of Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation shared how the new land will and won’t be used.
“This is specially designated to be forever wild. So no roads, no construction, no hotels, no amusement parks. This is to be forever wild land to comply with the constitution,” said Harckham.
The Adirondack Council hopes the land purchase will be completed by the end of the year.
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