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Consultant urges field surveys as Ulster County studies rail-trail corridor options
Summary
A consultant told an Ulster County committee that lidar and desktop maps understate site complexity for a proposed rail-trail corridor, flagging wetlands, steep fills and rock cuts and saying a final report due by July will include cost estimates calibrated to prevailing-wage bid rates.
A presenter told the Ulster County Legislature’s Trails Advisory Committee that the county’s corridor study remains at a concept level and will be used to support funding applications and preliminary design if the county chooses an option. The presenter said the final study will be turned in "by July 1" and emphasized that field surveys are required before accurate engineering decisions can be made.
The presenter said cost estimates will be prepared in 2027 dollars and that the team will apply prevailing-wage bid prices for apples-to-apples comparisons rather than relying on in-kind discounts. "There’s been a number of discussions ... that they'll provide in-kind services and we could do it for cheaper ... but in order to…
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