Senator Saland Secures Over $1 Million For Dutchess County Highway And Infrastructure Improvements
Senator Steve Saland (R,I,C Poughkeepsie) today announced he has secured $1,018,980 in state Multi-Modal Transportation Program funding for highway and infrastructure improvements in Dutchess County.
The Multi-Modal program provides reimbursement for eligible transportation projects for local highway, bridge, rail, aviation and port development. All of the projects are considered to be high priorities by the municipalities that submitted them, and have already received preliminary approval from the NYS Department of Transportation.
"Maintaining our roads, bridges and other transportation avenues is not just a quality of life issue, it is a safety issue," said Senator Saland. "Whether we use our private vehicles or public transportation, we all depend on having a safe infrastructure. And businesses cannot function without being able to ship and receive goods reliably. We have all shuddered when seeing news reports of tragic accidents attributable to deteriorating roadways and bridges. I am very pleased I was able to secure this funding so local governments can keep their infrastructure safe without having to balance their transportation budgets on the backs of local taxpayers," Saland continued.
Many local roads in Dutchess County are in need of repair. Unfortunately, infrastructure repair projects are extremely expensive and local governments find it difficult to afford the cost without help. The fourth round of the Multi-Modal Transportation Program was authorized by the Legislature in 2005 and is designed to meet the infrastructure repair needs of local governments on a reimbursement basis.
City of Beacon
Install traffic light at Fishkill Ave. and Delavan Ave. $105,300
City of Poughkeepsie
A number of projects involving repair or replacement of city streets, sidewalks, street signs $150,480
Town of Clinton
Repair of Eighmyville Road $28,080
Town of East Fishkill
Repair of Old Sylvan Lake Road $97,740
Town of Fishkill
Repair of Tompkins Ave. From Old Glenham Road to Rt. 52 $34,020
Town of Hyde Park
Repair of Old Post Road and Pinewoods Road $57,780
Town of LaGrange
Repair of Sunset Hill Road from Skidmore Road to Wells Drive $70,920
Town of Pleasant Valley
Repair of Halter Lane and Stirrup Lane $43,920
Town of Poughkeepsie
Removal & replacement of sidewalks & curbing on Lewis Avenue $91,800
Town of Red Hook Replace deteriorated drainage pipes $39,600
Town of Rhinebeck
Reconstruction of the Fox Hollow Bridge $39,420
Town of Stanford
Repair of Old Conklin Hill Road and Pugsley Hill Road $45,360
Town of Union Vale
Repair of Walsh Road $30,600
Town of Wappinger
Repair of Robert Lane $59,580
Town of Washington
The Town submitted 14 different projects $46,980
Village of Fishkill
Repair of Broad Street $6,660
Village of Millbrook
Project to be determined $12,600
Village of Red Hook
Install traffic light at the intersection of South Broadway & Amherst $12,060
Village of Rhinebeck
Replace sidewalks on E. Market & Mill Streets $19,080
Village of Tivoli
Repair sidewalks on Broadway from the Old Madalin Bridge to Clay Hill Road $6,300
Village of Wappingers Falls
Repair sidewalks and roadway on Reserve Place from Rt. 9D to So. Mesier Avenue $20,700
Dutchess County Total
$1,018,980