Canal Front/City Dock

[krazeeboi]

[krazeeboi]

So what's up with this project? Is the city still "waiting" on funds to become available (as usual)?

[CorgiMatt]

It's all about the bidding, I think. A couple of months ago the mayor was quoted saying it's next in terms of the greenway.

[emerging.me]

Here is a link where you can view the latest design for the Terrace Building at Canal Front.

[krazeeboi]

Cool; thanks for sharing.

At the rate this whole thing has been moving, I wouldn't be surprised to see the new riverfront park under construction first.

[emerging.me]

I hear it's coming together. This has potential to become PRIMO public space. Now, if we could only get some connectivity across Huger to the rest of the city.

[krazeeboi]

I'm glad you're hearing something about it. I'm not worried about connectivity; that will eventually come with the Innovista plan.

[krazeeboi]

Per Mayor Bob, the city has the money for CanalFront. Construction documents are 98% complete and should be complete in a couple of weeks. Advertising for bid is dependant upon the FEMA permit. Depending on the results of the cross section survey of the river and the corresponding revision to the flood study it could be several weeks or several months before the city can go to bid.

[emerging.me]

Per Mayor Bob, the city has the money for CanalFront. Construction documents are 98% complete and should be complete in a couple of weeks. Advertising for bid is dependant upon the FEMA permit. Depending on the results of the cross section survey of the river and the corresponding revision to the flood study it could be several weeks or several months before the city can go to bid.

Good news! This will be a great public space.

[krazeeboi]

Saw some info about this project on the city council agenda for Feb. 4. There were four individual items in which council was asked to "approve the Change in Scope of the Columbia Canal Front Project, as requested by the Engineering Department." The changes involved:

[digital_sandlapper]

Don't forget, even our smaller neighbor to the south, Augusta, has tour boats on their canal. They go via these cool "Petersburg Boats", see the photo at the top of the page--these things are HUGE! See it here (although they are down until later this year due to maintenance):

http://www.augustacanal.com/tours.html

[krazeeboi]

Looks like they also have an associated museum which is cool. That wouldn't be necessary for Columbia though, since CanalFront ties into the State Museum and EdVenture.

[waccamatt]

We definitely need boats in our canal. Speaking of the canal, I shot some photos of the soon-to-be-completed Esplanade the other day. Unfortunately the fountain was off because of the cold weather, but they did a good job with it.

[growingup15]

We definitely need boats in our canal. Speaking of the canal, I shot some photos of the soon-to-be-completed Esplanade the other day. Unfortunately the fountain was off because of the cold weather, but they did a good job with it.

Yeah waccamatt boats will be nice. Like a small ferry for tourist. and something for the family to enjoy.

i also took some pictures of the canalside and the canal water front.this picture was before the they built the park there. but the water is deep enough to support small boat or a small ferry.

[dobboard]

So when do we anticipate construction actually starting on the Canal Front project?

Also, is the "Terrace Building" (linked above) still part of the plans?

[Spartan]

That's really looking good. Thanks for the updates

[CorgiMatt]

The city is supposed to award the construction contract today for the pavilion to be built adjacent to EdVenture, in effect expanding the square footage of the museum and providing a plaza on the canal that is being billed as the jewel of the greenway. Actually Innovista's riverfront park will be the jewel, but for now this $2 million plus addition of the greenway will give that area of Gervais Street a big boost. The funding for the pavlion is there, so we should see movement real soon. Another $8 million construction contract should be awarded in about six months for the part of the project that will hug the canal along the greenway.

http://www.thestate.com/business/story/838554.html

[krazeeboi]

Good to hear there's finally going to be some movement on this.

[CorgiMatt]

They're fixin' to move dirt on the Canal Front project. They've delivered a construction headquarters mobile office and backhoe equipment. Phase one will be the addition to EdVenture Children's Museum and the plaza at the south end of the canal.

[krazeeboi]

Good to know.

[CorgiMatt]

Two big bulldozers have cleared the land that wraps around the southern end of the canal. One of them has cleared along the canal all the way up nearly even with the State Museum. It's promising to be a real feather in the cap of Columbia's river greenway system.

[krazeeboi]

What is this looking like these days? Somebody should snap a pic or two.

[gamecoxfan1]

I will go by on Thursday or this weekend and take some pics for the picture of the day and picture of the city to help the forum stay active.

[BrasilnSC]

[emerging.me]

That's gonna be cool. Even cooler if they have a misting area for the summer.