Village to study flooding conditions
$5,000 allotment targets eventual solution to Riverside Avenue problems
The Daily Mail
Sept. 15, 2009

COXSACKIE — The Coxsackie Village Board voted Monday to allot $5,000 to Delaware Engineering to assess and eventually solve flooding problems on Riverside Avenue.

Mayor Mark Evans said two particularly troublesome spots in the Village include the intersection of Riverside Avenue and Water Street and where a stream flows down a hill further along Riverside Avenue and crosses the street to reach the Hudson River.

“The stream follows its own path, gradually scouring the road out,” Evans said of the problem.

Evans said floods also occur near 74 Riverside Ave., where several culverts come together with no real connection. Water there flows above the roadway.

Evans said summer downpours flood an area underneath an aqueduct in the Village. The area drains naturally, Evans said, but police and fire personnel close the road for as long as waters are high.

“We are trying to figure a permanent solution,” he said, adding that he did not know what the final answer will be.

Before the vote, Evans and Trustee Greg Backus discussed establishing a funding cap so as not to allow the engineering firm to charge the Village too much for assessment work.

Evans said Delaware Engineering will have to evaluate the flooding problem before offering proposed solutions. A final cost estimate for the work will follow, he said.