Five firms show interest in Hurley Avenue project
KINGSTON, N.Y. » Five firms are seeking to redesign Hurley Avenue, a city official said.
City Engineer Ralph Swenson said the firms have submitted what is known as “Expressions of Interest” documentation to design the “Hurley Avenue Repaving and Complete Streets Project.”
The project is to consist of paving the entire length of Hurley Avenue within the city limits and installing handicapped-accessible ramps at all cross streets, Swenson has said. The project also could include the addition of a bicycle lane.
The companies are Greenman-Pedersen Inc., of Albany; Clark Patterson Lee Engineering and Planning, of Albany; Tectonic Engineering, of Mountainville; Barton & Loguidice, of Livingston; and HVEA Engineers, of Beacon.
Among other things, the firms submitted their history, examples of other projects, number of employees and their understanding of the Hurley Avenue project.
Eventually, a selection committee of city officials will recommend a firm to Mayor Steve Noble, Swenson said.
“We expect to make recommendations for interview by early October,” Swenson said in an email. “Interviews would then follow in subsequent weeks, with an award sometime in November.”
The selection will need approval by the state Department of Transportation, which is funneling $565,000 of federal funding into the project.
Following that approval, Swenson said, the city would negotiate a fee with the firm. A grant application has put that cost at about $26,000, he added.
In August, the Common Council adopted a resolution approving the project and agreeing to spend $26,000 for design and related expenses. The resolution also declared the city as lead agency for the project and determined that no further environmental review is needed.
Swenson previously told the council’s Finance and Audit Committee that Kingston had been awarded federal highway grant funding to repave Hurley Avenue and carry out related work in the city’s Complete Streets project.