BOC to award contract for rehabilitation of Big Creek Greenway Boardwalk today

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga — With 2021 rapidly drawing to a close, the Board of Commissioners will wrap up a number of year-end housekeeping items along with a project that will take most of 2022 to complete — the rehabilitation of the Big Creek Greenway Boardwalk — when it meets in a work session today at 2 p.m. in the County Administration Building.

The trail weaves its way through wetlands and swampland and over time the wood on the boardwalk has deteriorated. The portion of the trail that runs from south of Fowler Park to north MacFarland Parkway had to be closed for repairs. Now repairs will be required on a second section of the trail. The repairs have been budgeted at $5 million from the county’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax VIII.

The Board has also been considering asking the state delegation to create local legislation to allow for the election of a County-Wide Chair. County staff is expected to bring back scenarios regarding the Cost of Living Raises (COLA) to include examples of what salaries would look like if the Board received the same COLA as County staff in support of that effort.

Two other important issues to be considered today is Task Order 26 with CH2M Hill, Inc. for the full design of the Forsyth County Water Intake, Tunnel, and Pump Station at an amount not to exceed the amount of $4,236,700 and Task Order 4 with Prime Engineering Inc. in the not to exceed amount of $1,265,767.08 regarding the Forsyth County Raw Water Transmission Main Design.