Greenwich budget panel questions DPW on rink and bridge cost jumps
Other Committee · Meeting of February 17, 2026
Greenwich budget panel presses DPW on rising rink and bridge cost estimates. The Board of Estimate and Taxation's budget committee reviewed a Department of Public Works operating budget that rises 2.3 percent, while questioning a jump in the Hamill Rink replacement estimate to $41.2 million from a $35.26 million December figure and an Army Corps of Engineers cost increase on the Byram River Bridge project to roughly $40 million, pushing Greenwich's expected 25 percent share to $8 million to $10 million. DPW Commissioner Jim told members the town has already logged 50 inches of snow this season against a five-to-seven-year average of 20 to 40 inches, straining the overtime budget.
"About a week and a half ago I got on a call and the Army Corps said our $40 million project, and I said, excuse me," Jim told the committee. Waste disposal revenue is budgeted down $300,000 even as removal costs rise $150,000. No votes were taken; the budget decision is set for March 2.
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Source: the Other Committee meeting of February 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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