Nelsen Side Channel Salmon Habitat (RFP)

Perform stream restoration activities including: Provide machine access to worksites; install temp stream isolation to perform work in the dry; excavate, remove, and grade channel banks and floodplains; install large wood; and place spoils and grade.

Provide landscape maintenance for native plant habitat management.

Installing green infrastructure to manage stormwater runoff at its eight-acre waterfront. The work will entail restoring natural shoreline habitat, repairing an eroded gully and outfall and installing a bio-infiltration system. Installing a bioswale along the property’s north boundary with three riprap-lined chutes from a neighboring driveway to convey runoff to the bioswale which will be lined with a turf reinforcement mat and planted with salt marsh grasses and shrubs. Repairing an eroded gully with live willow stake riprap. Overhauling an existing culvert and outfall at the property boundary. Stabilizing bioswale overflow with stone and mortar riprap. Reconstruction of crushed stone berm. Conducting habitat restoration along 530 LF (approx. 21,000 SF) of shoreline through removal of Phragmites and black locust trees and saplings and planting with native shrubs and grasses.

The City of Columbus is soliciting professional services for planning and design of the East Side Rail Trail, a roughly 3-mile linear park along an abandoned rail corridor from East Broad Street to Livingston Avenue. The project will be delivered in three stages (master planning/public engagement/feasibility; detailed design; construction and closeout) and includes surveying, environmental screening, permitting strategy, transportation analysis, and public engagement. The estimated construction cost is about $7 million and key milestone estimates include completing master planning by November 2026 and Phase 1 construction beginning February 2027.