Engineers find Cold Spring dock in ‘fair to moderate’ condition; trustees approve docking rules and authorize contract negotiation
Race Coastal/Hahn Engineering reported the dock is in fair-to-moderate condition with no immediate failures but recommended maintenance including a recoating estimated at about $1 million, and advised wind-speed and directional limits for berthing. Trustees authorized the mayor to finalize contract terms that shift monitoring and liability to dock users and set fee mechanics including a $2,512/day calculation clause.
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Consultants from Hahn Engineering presented a structural conditions assessment and mooring analysis from Race Coastal Engineering that rated the village dock in "fair to moderate condition" and found no immediate failures needing emergency repairs. "They found that the dock was in... fair to moderate condition," consultant Will Angelillo told trustees, and he said the report recommended repainting/coating the bulkhead and ongoing monitoring; the report supplied a generic maintenance cost estimate around $1,000,000.
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