Mary Dempsey reports at Columbia-Greene Media that Hudson's Promenade Hill Park is set to officially reopen on October 25, 17 months after construction began and nine months later than originally planned. “All of the work at the park will be finished at the end of this week,” Mayor Kamal Johnson said October 18. The construction project will wind down this week with National Grid on site to install the lighting and other finishing touches. The park refurbishment project includes a redesigned lower plaza and upgrades to the playground area. The lower portion of the park has been redeveloped and includes an Americans with Disabilities Act compliant walkway to the upper promenade. A spray shower was also added to the park. The lower portion of the park and the playground have been closed since construction began last year. The park project was first budgeted at $1.1 million, but that number quickly increased after the lowest construction bid submitted was $585,500 over budget. The funds for the park came from the city’s $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant along with private contributions from the H. van Ameringen Foundation and the Colarusso family. The park’s redevelopment was necessitated by a 2019 settlement the city reached with the U.S. Department of Justice over updating some of the city’s infrastructure to bring it into compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Read the full story at Hudson360 [dot] com.