Found Money To Fix Dock
My suggestion is to shift the route of the Riverwalk Project so that it includes the Upper James St Dock [currently the project does not include the docks as part of the riverwalk] . Funding problem solved! In case you do not remember, the project has a 1.2 million dollar price tag. The Village taxpayers were going to have to fork over 20% of that 1.2 million bucks which would be $226,000. We could pay $200,000 for the repair of the upper James St dock and $226,000 for the Riverwalk project. Or just shift the route........$200,000 SAVED! Go ahead all ye naysayers and tell me this won't work......
Here is something else that everyone has forgotten......The past few summers a group of volunteer scuba divers pick up debris around the Upper James Dock. The divers noticed the deterioration and Village Officials were notified. Soooooo this should have been no surprise!
2 comments:
That makes sense to me. Why wouldn't the dock be included in a RIVERWALK to begin with?
Wait! I can answer that...It's not safe.
Makes sense to me to; BUT experience tells me the STATE etc won't let the grant recipient deviate one ioata. Would be a good try though. The Village DID know of deterioration as they have a dock reserve fund showing in past years budgets which they have added to in some recent years according to public records.
Somebody knew what to do - Can u imagine??
PS; What about replacing with HD 12-15 ft wide commercial floaters(self adjusting to varying water levels) as they have used successfully in tourist communities across the border??
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