Wainschaf Associates chosen for Stuyvesant HW garage job

STUYVESANT The Stuyvesant Town Board has chosen Wainschaf Associates to construct the highway garage additions and renovations at a base bid of $276,940.

The board made the choice Thursday by way of a passed resolution at its regular meeting.

A salt shed project was the first phase of a larger capital project that includes the garage work.

Town Supervisor Ron Knott announced that the roof is going up on the new salt facility on Sharptown Road.

Construction costs were estimated at $759,000, but the latest bid choice by the board brings the capital project's total construction cost to more than $630,000.

A referendum vote on the capital project passed last year with 253 voters in favor and 170 against it. Since the summer results, the Town Board has taken steps toward completion of the project.

Bids opened March 6 and were reviewed by town Highway Superintendent Bernie Kowalski. Nine bids were received.

Also on the agenda, a presentation by Stuyvesant Trails Committee Chairman Sean Cummings outlined future goals for local trails and the towns section of the Kinderhook Stuyvesant Stockport Intermunicipal Trail plan.

Cummings explained that the Stuyvesant leg of the trail system would start at the intersection of the National Grid right-of-way and Smith Road. From there, the ROW bisects two large operational farms and briefly crosses Route 9 before meeting up with Sunnyside Road while paralleling the Kinderhook Creek on its way to the Stuyvesant Falls.

The cost to develop the trail from Smith Road to Stuyvesant Falls is roughly $400,000, Cummings said. He added that money to build bridges and develop the trail could come from matching grants and donations. He said that a license agreement with National Grid and the three municipalities involved, as well as negotiating easements with residents along the proposed trail, are also required.

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Wainschaf Associates chosen for Stuyvesant HW garage job