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Dart is correct, the issue has nothing to do with the second deal where the DEP bought off elected official all over the Bronx to put parks IN their districts in return for the vote to alienate parkland in Van Cortlandt Park for use by the DEP filter plant that filters water that is not needed, does not need filtering, or could be filtered someplace else where they have just built a state of the art Ultra Violet Plant.

Just the facts:

More than 400 people have signed the petition and stated their opinion. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/croton-aqueduct-trail-pedestrian-bridge-in-van

The promise was made when the DEP ULURP'd the Filter Plant construction. If they did not like the deal, then they should have started from scratch. Gut if they that then they would have had to create a new use group in the zoning regulation, and ask every community board in the city to agree to build industrial facilities in their parks. It would have never passed.

The bridge is for pedestrian and bike use (no cars) to replace the loss created by Robert Moses when he decided to cut the park in half by putting the Major Deegan in the middle. In some places he took 10 lanes, like the place where the community was promised access.

It is a big park, and if you do not want to go to the other side, that is your choice. Step aside for the rest of us. Thank you.