What ever happened with that?

You gotta have parks, but for Riverdale and Kingsbridge, getting work completed has taken longer than expected in many cases. For an update on when they will be fit for play, read on.

  Sid Augarten Field

In October, The Press wrote an editorial about long overdue renovations to Sid Augarten Field on Mosholu Avenue, where as many as 500 kids in the North Riverdale Baseball League play ball.
After two years of delays (see stories here) to the start of renovating the field, fixing drainage problems and installing new bleachers and dugouts, we reported that the work on the fields was expected to begin in December 2010.
However, because of Park Department’s delay in choosing a contractor, work will have to wait until the weather clears.
After receiving bids for the work, the Parks Department reviewed the lowest bidder, a contractor that had never worked with the Parks Department before, according to Bronx Parks Commissioner Hector Aponte.
After review, the contractor was denied and the Parks Department started reviewing the second bidder. But the first contractor that was shot down appealed the decision, delaying the process even further. Now construction must wait until the appeal is handled and a contractor is chosen.

Filtration Plant

The Croton Water Treatment Plant, located in the southeast corner of Van Cortlandt Park, near Jerome Park, is scheduled to be completed and operational on Oct. 3, 2012.
Work on the golf course above the facility is scheduled to be completed in December 2014.
Construction of the Croton Water Filtration Plant has been a hotly debated issue since the project was first proposed in 1993. Residents and politicians fought vigorously about where the facility would be located. The DEP Commissioner at the time, Christopher Ward, pushed hard for the site in the southeast corner of Van Cortlandt Park on the Mosholu Golf Course. He said the alternative location in Eastview, N.Y. would cost hundreds of millions more than the Bronx location would.
The budget for the controversial project — which has involved at least one case of corruption (see top 10 news stories on A10) — has more than tripled since 2003 to $2.97 billion.
The Department of Environmental Protection will continue to work on the main site in Van Cortlandt Park as well as a secondary site at Jerome Park Reservoir in 2011.
The DEP recently said it was looking at alternate routes for a pipeline from the main facility to Hunts Point. A route will be decided at the next Croton Facility Monitoring Committee, tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m., at the DEP Community Office, located at 3660 Jerome Ave.