Engineering Contract Approved for Chadakoin River Flood Mitigation Project

The Jamestown City Council has approved hiring a Buffalo firm to do the engineering work on a flooding mitigation project in the area of Washington Street and Jones & Gifford Avenue. On Monday, lawmakers unanimously okayed the contract with C&S Engineers for up to $403,000 for the Chadakoin River Stormwater Channel Maintenance Project. Prior to the vote, Everwild Land Trust Conservation Director Twan Leenders said he supported the project, but wanted to make sure the wetlands there remain...

Twan Leenders: no negative impacts

City resident Doug Champ echoed those sentiments, noting that there would not be a full environmental study done under the project's current designation. Councilman Russ Bonfiglio says the nine channels have suffered 50 years of neglect and need to be cleaned out. However, he says the environment must be preserved...

Russ Bonfiglio: make sure not to harm anything

Finance Committee Chairman Doug Scotchmer says 80% of the cost, which is about $100,000 less than was originally expected, will be reimbursed by the New York State Department of Transportation.