City seeking shoreline stabilization plan bids

Kingston lawmakers are seeking bids as part of one of its shoreline stabilization projects.

KINGSTON, N.Y. » The city is seeking bids for engineering and design work related to the second phase of its ongoing shoreline stabilization and public access project along the Rondout Creek.

Interested consultants have until Sept. 14 to submit their bids. The successful consultants would complete site reconnaissance, design, engineering and permitting only for the portion of the shoreline project extending from the Cornell Building, next to Ole Savannah restaurant, out to Kingston Point Park, Mayor Steve Noble said in an email.

“For clarification, there are multiple phases of this project,” Noble said. He said a design and engineering firm already has been hired to design the area between U.S. Route 9W and the Cornell Building. That was funded from an earlier grant the city received from the state Department of State, Noble said, adding that his administration also applied this year to construct that first phase of the project.

Noble said the city has a grant from the Department of State Local Waterfront Revitalization for the second phase design and engineering work.

According to its description, the primary objective of the project is to restore and stabilize the shoreline using bulkhead or sustainable shoreline methods. The stabilization also is expected to mitigate flooding and improve resiliency, and improve connections along the Kingston Point Rail Trail from the trolley museum to Rotary and Kingston Point parks, among other results.

Noble said in a newsletter that the project is a key component of his administration’s efforts to reconnect residents to Kingston’s waterfront.