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Kenneytown dam removal design will include trail; NOAA funding and GEI consultant retained
Summary
Committee members reported NOAA is funding dam removal design work that the trail team is piggybacking on; GEI Consultants was hired and rec trails provided about $250,000 to incorporate a full trail design into the dam work, yielding savings.
A staff presenter told the committee that dam removal design work at Kenneytown is proceeding with NOAA funding and that trail design will be incorporated into the overall scope.
"We already have an agreement for, through NOAA for, for design funds, and we hired GEI consultants," the presenter said, noting NOAA is paying for survey, geotechnical and other work and that the team incorporated those outputs into the trail design to reduce overall costs.
The presenter said Connecticut Recreational Trails funds contributed roughly $250,000 to cover trail design and that, because the dam removal design covers much of the same technical work, the combined approach yields substantial cost savings for the trail component. GEI is preparing a full design package for the trail as part of the broader dam removal contract.
Ending: The presenter said the project is moving forward but that federal and interagency processes add some schedule uncertainty; no formal committee action was taken at the meeting.
