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news@lakeplacidnews.com Parking meter in the municipal parking lot on Main Street near the post office, as seen on Tuesday, April 20. (News photo Andy Flynn) The sign at the Main Street municipal parking lot near the post office is seen here Tuesday, April 20. It shows the old parking fees. The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees Monday, April 19 approved a rate increase of 75 cents per hour, up from 50 cents per hour. There will also no longer be a day rate. (News photo Andy Flynn)
Parking meter in the municipal parking lot on Main Street near the post office, as seen on Tuesday, April 20. (News photo Andy Flynn)
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A sign pointing to the upper municipal lot across from NBT Bank is pictured here Monday.
(Enterprise photo â Elizabeth Izzo) LAKE PLACID The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees has made some changes to the Main Street parking rules, including a slight increase in the hourly rate at the municipal parking lot across from the post office. More changes, like extending the hours the village will collect parking fees, could be on the horizon. Village trustees adopted three parking changes during their regular meeting on Monday. They approved an annual transferable pass of $1,000 for short-term rental owners with units that don’t offer off-street parking. The board approved a $50-per-day, per-spot fee for contractor parking, including work vehicles and dumpsters. Mayor Art Devlin said that before, contractors have used parking meters while using spaces on Main Street. Trustees also approved an increase to the parking fee at the large munici
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Art Devlin, right, is sworn in as Lake Placidâs new mayor by village clerk Anita Estling at the North Elba Town Hall on Monday.
(Enterprise photo â Elizabeth Izzo) LAKE PLACID Art Devlin was sworn in as Lake Placid’s new mayor on Monday. Devlin who served as a village trustee for 12 years, the last eight years as deputy mayor was sworn in by village Clerk Anita Estling before a small gathering of people, including village Treasurer Mindy Goddeau, Lake Placid Police Chief William Moore, Assistant Chief Charles Dobson and Highway Superintendent Brad Hathaway. Devlin ran on the Republican and Teamwork party lines. He won the village election last month with 342 votes to his opponent’s 222 votes. He succeeds Craig Randall, who was term-limited and retired after serving as mayor since 2009.
LAKE PLACID â An infrastructure overhaul on Main Street is set to begin this month, and local officials used a recent virtual meeting to say what residents, business owners and tourists can expect on a day-to-day basis as this $10 million, nearly three-year project unfolds.
A crew from Wilton-based construction company Kubricky Construction is expected to break ground on the Main Street project in the second week of April, according to Highway Superintendent Brad Hathaway. Traffic detours will start to be set up in about a week. This project will continue, off and on depending on the season, through fall 2023. The bulk of the work is expected to be done ahead of the 2023 World University Games.