The County has advised the Village that they are issuing a Request for Proposals for full design of the Quiet Zone gate system the first week in January with proposals to be submitted on January 22nd.     … [Read more...]

We have encountered significant delays, confusion, and unsatisfactory communication from Albany County regarding the Quiet Zone project. We are grateful for the support we have received from our County Legislator, William Reinhardt, in getting things moving in the right direction. Based upon information received two weeks ago from the County, a Request for Proposals will be … [Read more...]

On March 6th the County informed us that CSX had said in the previous week that it was “wrapping up” the initial engineering design and that the work should be completed by the end of that week. When the County sought to get confirmation of that statement, an automated response from the CSX contact person stated that he would be away until March 10th. At this point no further … [Read more...]

According to Mayor Conway, the County has returned the signed contract to Bergmann Associates, the firm that will be doing the engineering work for the quiet zone. We are waiting for the work schedule. … [Read more...]

Mayor Conway reports that the County has received a revised contract from Bergmann Associates, the engineering firm retained by CSX to do the engineering for the Quiet Zone. Since there has been considerable back and forth discussion between the County and Bergmann Associates, we anticipate there will be no further issues to prevent the prompt signing of the contract by the … [Read more...]