To the editor:

Shame on the Village of Cazenovia for installing new impervious blacktop at the Lakeside Park. They not only covered the old original driveway but extended the blacktop onto the former grass parking areas for trailers and cars. Now any pollutant runoff from the road or parking areas will go directly into the lake. Shame on the village for not being more sensitive to the environmental impact and for missing an opportunity to set a good example for others.

After much research and thought for how to protect the lake from the effects of hardscaping and impervious surfaces, the Town of Cazenovia recently adopted a set of Lakefront Development Guidelines. The state used stone and gravel pervious surfaces on the parking and walk-ways at McNitt State Park. The village should have followed these examples.

Lawrence Wetzel

Cazenovia