Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The roughly two-month deconstruction project will begin sometime in September.
A specific start date hasn't yet been nailed down, but according to Cuyahoga Falls Engineer Tony Demasi, demolition on the Samira and Sheraton dams will begin this month. Previous delays and a lawsuit brought by the Beaver Excavating Company stalled the process to remove the nearly 100-year-old dams and restore the Cuyahoga River. Following the late-March lawsuit, the city restarted the process of accepting qualifications from interested design teams, reviewing them and then asking three to provide technical and pricing proposals, reports the Falls News Press. Once again, the city chose River Reach Construction for the job. The project, which should cost roughly $975,000, will be paid for with a $1 million grant from the Northeast Ohio …
Friday, March 30, 2012
The settlement will prevent Cuyahoga Falls from awarding a $1 million contract to RiverReach Construction for the removal of the LeFever and Sheraton Dams. City officials will have to re-bid the project.
Cuyahoga Falls officials settled with Beaver Excavating on Friday, just two days after the Canton-based construction company filed suit against the city. Per the settlement, the city has agreed to "redo the procurement process," said Cuyahoga Falls Law Director, Paul Janis in a phone interview with Patch on Friday evening. Regarding the process, the "City of Cuyahoga Falls did not have the authority to release this as a design-build project, and the (Ohio Revised Code, Section 153.65) they're relying on does not go into effect until June, said Beaver Excavating contract administrator, Matt Sterling, in an interview last week. Legally, they shouldn’t be selling a design-build and they should be rebidding it as a design-bid-build project…
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
River Estates residents spoke up at Monday night's Cuyahoga Falls City Council Committee meeting to find out how their properties could be affected by the dam removal.
Some folks around town aren’t so enthusiastic about the proposed Cuyahoga River dam deconstruction project that could get the green light by as early as next week. City Council Ready for White Water With Dam Deconstruction During the Cuyahoga Falls City Council committee meeting on Monday night, a handful of residents from the River Estates development voiced their concerns over how their surrounding neighborhood and its recreation opportunities could be affected, particularly with the removal of the LeFever Dam near Samira’s Restaurant. Shannon Carneal, the project manager of RiverReach Construction, said the removal of the dam would drain the man made pool that stretches to Water Works Park. Pontoon boats would most likely be a thing of …
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River Fool
9:58 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Go upstream the river is now but a trickle. Read jack Kisers article about this project. It will kill off most of the fishing for years. Right now even duriong high water periods you cannot launch a boat at Water Works because the river is just a stream now. The fire deptmant estimates huge trouble rescuing people from the lower gorge and it will most likely be shut off to everyone. And who is … more ›