Walk Bridge replacement has Maritime Rowing Club looking for a temporary home - Thehour.com
The club and its roughly 300 rowers operate from Coastwise Boatworks at 11 Goldstein Place. The marina stands in the shadow of the Walk Bridge, which is slated for replacement. In spring 2014, the 118-year-old railroad bridge failed twice, disrupting traffic along the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line and the Northeast Corridor used by Amtrak. "We are 100 percent on board with the (bridge replacement) project. This is important for commuters and for the economy," said Roman Vengerovskiy, a coach and general manager at Maritime Rowing Club. Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) Commissioner James P. Redeker told The Hour in April that the marina will be the most-impacted property in the bridge replacement project. ConnDOT needs staging area and room to work on the estimated $500 million project, which will replace the century old pivot bridge with a bascule, lift-type bridge. "At a certain point, we're going to move out of here completely," Vengerovskiy said. Maritime Rowing Club uses eight bays at Coastwise Boatworks to store some of its nearly 200 boats. On the second floor of the marine, the rowing club has a 3,500-square-foot gym with rowing machines for training. "Obviously, we don't have a lot of options on the river to move to. ". Maritime Rowing Club opened at 11 Goldstein Place in 1996. The club was founded by. Source: www.thehour.com
