Increased costs sink river bank stabilization project

The bank stabilization project will not move forward, Saratoga Mayor John Zeiger said.

The project, which was intended to clean the cement rip-rap on the river bank behind the town of Saratoga shop and pay for the river bank protection adjacent to the Veterans Island Bridge, was suspended due to increased costs of the project. The money provided to the town for that project has been returned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Zeiger said the initial costs of the stabilization project near the town of Saratoga shop totaled $184,004 — a number Zeiger said the town could have put...