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First-floor repair work at Ridgewood Village Hall on schedule
THURSDAY JUNE 14, 2012, 12:01 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Work to refurbish Village Hall’s flood-damaged first floor is progressing according to schedule and should be completed by September, Ridgewood officials said.
Concrete blocks were installed last week as part of a repair project to the first floor of Village Hall, which was damage by flooding during last year’s Hurricane Irene.
New concrete blocks were installed by contractors and settled into place last week, marking the first step of the construction phase to protect the interior of the municipal building from future water damage. The first level of the five-story complex, which is located in the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook floodplain, was decimated last year by several feet of flood water that rushed inside as a result of Hurricane Irene.
The bill for the clean-up effort alone was approximately $90,000. Ridgefield-based contractor Adamo Brothers won the construction portion of the job with a $275,000 bid in March and will complete the interior work, according to Village Engineer Chris Rutishauser.
