Ridgewood officials expected to award funds for watershed protection work
Tuesday July 17, 2012, 9:01 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Bids for the cleanup project along Ridgewood’s natural bodies of water came in higher than officials anticipated, but the Village Council is expected to award the project contract at Wednesday’s meeting.
Earlier this spring, the governing body appropriated about $568,000 for watershed protection work at the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and Saddle River; however, village officials said the lowest responsible bid was $115,000 more than they anticipated. Of the three bids that Ridgewood received, the lowest was $683,000, said Village Manager Kenneth Gabbert.
Gabbert previously told The Ridgewood News that the scope of the project includes rehabilitation work to reduce flooding at the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and Saddle River. Contractors are expected to remove sandbars, gravel bars and other debris, such as tree stumps and large branches that have exacerbated flooding over the years.