Municipal Collaboration
The Schuyler SWCD has been able to work closely with the town, village and county departments on projects throughout the county. The highway departments have been able to provide us with operators, equipment and even help out with the costs of material. These projects include: road ditch stabilization, hydroseeding, bridge replacement projects, culvert replacement, stream stabilization and more. With the help from the departments, we are not only grateful but pleased to know we have the back-up when needed. Below are just some of the projects that have been accomplished with their help.
2022 Projects
Sexton Hollow Box Culvert Replacement- Town of Orange
We completed a large scale box culvert installation on behalf of the Town of Orange in Schuyler County. This project utilized several sources of funding including a Bridge NY grant written and administered through Schuyler County Soil and Water Conservation District. Bridge NY utilizes the federal aid process of implementation which causes a significant inflation of prices. Due to these elevated costs the Soil and Water Conservation District performed much of the work ourselves with our own equipment and equipment operators. The Town of Orange is extremely economically challenged and in one of the highest flood prone areas of our county. They did not have the means to fix the DOT flagged structure. If this project wasn’t completed the road would have been closed in 2023.
We completed a large scale box culvert installation on behalf of the Town of Orange in Schuyler County. This project utilized several sources of funding including a Bridge NY grant written and administered through Schuyler County Soil and Water Conservation District. Bridge NY utilizes the federal aid process of implementation which causes a significant inflation of prices. Due to these elevated costs the Soil and Water Conservation District performed much of the work ourselves with our own equipment and equipment operators. The Town of Orange is extremely economically challenged and in one of the highest flood prone areas of our county. They did not have the means to fix the DOT flagged structure. If this project wasn’t completed the road would have been closed in 2023.
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Club Seneca Road Culvert Replacement- Town of Hector
We completed an extensive culvert replacement project on Club Seneca Road in the Town of Hector. The Town of Hector provided us two guys, and excavator and a loader for two days. We couldn’t have completed it without their help. The landowners are paying for all materials on this private road. This was a very difficult and dangerous site location. DOT also flagged for us in order to move the 40’ long 9’ diameter steel culvert down the state highway and then over 3/4ths of a mile down a narrow winding lake road. All material had to be hauled bucket by bucket in a loader from over a mile away. There was over a 20’ drop off on shale on the outlet end of the culvert. County Highway hauled our scrap metal for us.
We completed an extensive culvert replacement project on Club Seneca Road in the Town of Hector. The Town of Hector provided us two guys, and excavator and a loader for two days. We couldn’t have completed it without their help. The landowners are paying for all materials on this private road. This was a very difficult and dangerous site location. DOT also flagged for us in order to move the 40’ long 9’ diameter steel culvert down the state highway and then over 3/4ths of a mile down a narrow winding lake road. All material had to be hauled bucket by bucket in a loader from over a mile away. There was over a 20’ drop off on shale on the outlet end of the culvert. County Highway hauled our scrap metal for us.
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2021 Culvert Upsizing Project
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2021- Matthews Road Culvert Upsizing and Stabilization
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Town of Hector Gravel Pit
We were able to assist with the gravel permit renewal in the Town of Hector utilizing a drone survey.
We were able to assist with the gravel permit renewal in the Town of Hector utilizing a drone survey.
2016 Projects
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Bergen Road
Over 365 tons of rip rap was utilized to stabilize 970’ of road ditch. |
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Chase Road
Over 111 tons of rip rap was utilized to stabilize 800’ of road ditch. |
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Roloson Hill Road
Over 480 tons of rip rap was utilized to stabilize 2,400’ of road ditch. |
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Nye Road
Over 200 tons of rip rap was utilized to stabilize 3000’ of stream. |
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CR 22
A drainage way culvert that collapsed was replaced. |
Middle Road
Assisted with a double cross culvert installation. |
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CR 16
Assisted with rip rap for a culvert outlet extension. 
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Village of Watkins Glen
Assisted with a drop inlet installation. 
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Pertl Road
A joint shared services project was completed to replace and upsize a large cross culvert on Pertl Road. This project was completed with jointly with the Town of Catharine and Town of Hector Highway Departments. We would also like to thank the Bergen Farms for their assistance during this project. |
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Buck Hill Road
A joint project was completed with the Town of Hector Highway Department to replace a failed gabion wall on a large cross culvert outlet. This failure was causing the road to collapse. |
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