Cambridge report recommends cutting the Riverside dam project

Cambridge report recommends cutting the Riverside dam project

Source: the record

11/29/2021

City staff have completed their update on rebuilding the Riverside dam in Cambridge.

Included in the report is a recommendation from the city manager to end the project.

The recommendation is that the project “not be approved to proceed” and that the detailed design of the project “not continue and the account be closed with the year-end capital forecast report.”

Additionally, the manager recommends that the current dam be passively managed with inspections and monitoring, at a cost of up to $30,000 per year.

The design of the dam is 60 per cent complete, according to the report. Originally, a total of $493,266 was approved for the Riverside dam detailed design assignment. Now, staff are asking for an additional $375,000 for “potential future archeological and design work not included as part of the original design scope.”