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Trustees Approve Shift In Tour-Bus Parking

To In Front Of Hall, Allowing Fair St. Access

Dr. James LaCava, 30 Fair St., said tour buses are "too big, too noisy, and they smell bad," and should be diverted from all residential neighborhoods in the village to the degree possible. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
Dr. James LaCava, 30 Fair St., said tour buses are "too big, too noisy, and they smell bad," and should be diverted from all residential neighborhoods in the village to the degree possible. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh said negotiations are underway for Dreams Park to use village trolleys, not tour buses, to bring their youth baseball players downtown next summer.
Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh said negotiations are underway for Dreams Park to use village trolleys, not tour buses, to bring their youth baseball players downtown next summer.

COOPERSTOWN – Village trustees this evening unanimously approved a local law that moves tour-bus parking from in front of the Leatherstocking Corp. to in front of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The move allows tour buses to turn left and exit the village along Fair Street, alleviating some of the traffic on River Street, a block further.

A proposal raised by Mike Manno, 20 Fair St., to use the Doubleday Field parking lot to load and unload tour buses was discussed, but set aside for the time being. Trustee Cindy Falk said she has safety concerns about school children and Elderhostel tours having to walk from Doubleday to the Hall.

Shifting the parking to allow use of Fair as well as River was proposed by Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh, who reported tonight she was also in negotiation with Dreams Park owner Lou Presutti Jr. to shuttle youth baseball players from Hartwick Seminary to the Hall on the village's trolley system.

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