Is Trust For The Public Land Still Involved in Roosevelt Island’s Southpoint Park Green Rooms/Wild Gardens Project?

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Following up on a remark made by a Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Common Council Member during RIRA’s April 1 meeting, I inquired of RIOC President Steve Shane:

At last night’s RIRA Meeting, one of the delegates stated that He/She was told by someone from the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute that the Trust For The Public Land was no longer involved in the Green Rooms/Wild Gardens Southpoint Park project and that the project had slowed down considerably recently.

Is that true? If so, what happened?

Mr. Shane replied:

Absolutely untrue.
TPL has a contract and is performing same. RIOC has taken over the last part of the contract, namely supervision during construction, to expedite matters. Construction is scheduled to actually commence next week.

After the jump is an excerpt of RIOC’s description of the Trust For Public Land’s scope of work for the Southpoint Park Green Rooms/Wild Gardens Project. Read More!