Bad News About the New Legoland Amusement Park in Rockland

If you're excited about the new Legoland Amusement Park that is being planned for Rockland County, we have some bad news for you.

We reported earlier this year that the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council proposed a plan to use the Letchworth Village property to create a Legoland theme park. The project, which included a water park and hotel received a $3.1 million grant to begin phase one of the operation. It was estimated that the park would bring in over 2 million visitors a year to Rockland county.

The Legoland project, however, is no longer happening thanks to unhappy residents who opposed the plan. The Journal News reports that the Haverstraw Town Board has dropped its support for Legoland. On Thursday Supervisor Howard Phillips said:

After hearing the concerns of our residents, we have decided to withdraw our consideration of the Legoland project. While we will continue our efforts to bring new projects to our town in order to provide quality of life amenities and help defray rising costs associated with living in Rockland County, it should never come at the cost of creating hardship or stress for our residents and divide our community.

Residents were unhappy with the lack of specific details that were being shared about the project and the possibility that the attraction could cause congestion and stress to the community. Property owners near the project site launched an online petition and packed a town board meeting on Wednesday to show their displeasure with the Legoland plan.

We want to know what you think. Are you disappointed that the theme park will no longer be coming to our area? Do you think there's a better place that it could be built?