“There isn’t a mechanism that we can use other than a state politico getting involved,” said Peter Van Keuren, DOT regional spokesman in Schenectady.

The Town Council discussed solutions this week with several possible scenarios. Preliminary estimates have put the cost between $600,000 and more than $1.2 million.

“The first thing is we would try to look for grant monies and, if grant monies aren’t available, we would have to consider other alternatives,” said Politi.

One alternative suggested at the meeting would be to charge a toll to cross the 100-foot span over North Meadow Brook.

It likely would be a contentious solution, especially since visitors to Adirondack Loj already pay $8 for parking at the popular trailhead.

Town Attorney Ronald Briggs said a toll road would be impossible without special legislation in Albany.

Still, with only eight taxpaying landowners on the road, the Adirondack Mountain Club included, Politi doesn’t think it fair for the full amount to be put on the shoulders of town taxpayers.

“I think the state of New York and especially the Adirondack Mountain Club have a stake in what happens to the road and to the bridge,” he said.