Sentences with phrase «for road improvement»

Legislators in Mississippi have wasted no time in beginning a push for road improvement programs in 2018.

Over # 10 billion has been allocated for road improvements and # 14 billion for improving the rail infrastructure.

Gas companies pay for road improvements, too — creating opportunities for small businesses, including minority - and woman - owned firms.

Not exact matches

Trump, promising to leverage taxpayer money into $ 1 trillion in road, bridge and waterway improvements: «Taxpayers deserve the best results for their investment, and I will ensure that this is what they get.

Known in Vancouver as the man who rescued Expo 86 and helped get the 2010 Olympic bid over the finish line, Jim Pattison was called upon again in 2015, this time by Metro Vancouver mayors trying to promote a 0.5 % sales tax to pay for road and transit improvements.

While it can reduce time lost due to unpredictable incidents, it offers only marginal improvements to the steady increases in predictable demand for road space during rush hours.

The new taxes are planned to pay for road maintenance and improvement as well as general use.

They just completed a new road (the old path became impassable during rainy season), and the improvement plan for this year includes addressing water, electricity, and education.

There were signs of improvement in Monaco, but he threw a promising result for the team away by crashing out of qualifying and then being frightened off the road by Sergio Perez during the race.

Buffalo Grove plans to use the $ 400,000 toward the budgeted $ 818,000 in improvements planned for Willow Stream Park, 651 Old Checker Road, near the Strathmore Grove neighborhood.

The donation depends on whether the district gives up land near its current recreation center for a Wood Dale Road improvement project.

The long - popular park on the far west side of Montgomery is set for a makeover that will bring exciting new improvements — boat dock, floating pier, an additional shelter, expanded permeable paver parking and new trails that will form a network to those in Stuart Sports Complex and along Orchard Road.

The proposal would allocate portions of the cost of engineering services to design and prepare construction plans for public improvements, such as roads, sewer and water lines, sidewalks and streetlights, according to the amount of land owned.

«Due to the perceived lack of public support for road pricing, any scheme must also provide significant improvements in the capacity and quality of viable alternative travel by public transport.»

Recently he has had responsibility for the delivery of the Roads Service Strategic Roads Improvement Programme.

The building of several basic schools, construction of the Community Secondary School, numerous health facilities, and the improvement of the road network, are some of the major projects of the NDC in the area The Volta Region would not be a comfortable zone, for the leaders and the supporters of the NPP, if government and party attempt to take for granted the peaceful nature of the NDC.

As a result, an average road improvement has induced an additional 10 % of base traffic in the short term and 20 % in the long term: individual schemes with induced traffic at double this level may not be very unusual, especially for peak periods.

If this came to pass, the group says, «New York City could raise about $ 1 billion a year through the plan, which could pay for improvements to roads and bridges, as well as subsidize MetroCards for low - income households and improve bus service,» per the WSJ.

Most recently, she has done public affairs work for Cuomo as he has sought to make improvements to the Long Island Rail Road.

The other grants Gillibrand requested for Kiryas Joel are: $ 2 million to upgrade sewer and drainage systems; $ 850,000 for road widening, drainage improvements and repaving; and $ 800,000 for equipment and furniture for Aishes Chayil, the village's rest home for postpartum mothers.

The improvements also include 3,000 feet of new sidewalks along the Korean War Veteran service road near Bloomingdale Park, something elected officials have fought for years to get.

Also at 9 a.m., Staten Island Assemblyman - elect Ron Castorina, Jr., NYC Councilman Joe Borelli and Perth Amboy Mayor Wilma Diaz highlight «the need for major improvements to the Outerbridge Crossing» and call on the Port Authority to commence an environmental impact study for the potential project, overpass of Tyrellan Avenue, between Veterans Road West and Boscombe Avenue, Staten Island.

While a majority of those polled believed Buffalo is on the right track, Levy said there are areas that show room for improvement, like responsiveness of local government, the condition of roads and the quality of schools.

There's no current cost estimate, but a 2006 projection put road improvements at about $ 80.3 million — more than double the price tag for some portions of the park.

They called for an increase in funding for the Consolidated Highway Improvement, or CHIPS, from $ 438 million to $ 638 million, arguing that local roads are critical for agriculture and for local businesses.

Included in the list is $ 100,000 for Burmon Drive Road reconstruction in the Town of Orchard Park; $ 100,000 for Boston Cross Road storm drainage improvements in the Town of Boston, and $ 270,000 for Rural Transit services that will impact various communities.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration added $ 49 million in funding for infrastructure improvements in his 2015 budget, specifically to increase road resurfacing.

As decisions affecting my constituents are taken, however, they will be furious to see that, although they can not have their new school buildings or road improvements for now, more and more of their hard - earned money is being handed over to Europe.»

Fleming also secured county funds for economic development and key road improvements such as a $ 5 million dollar upgrade to the 80 - year - old Riverside traffic circle, an important component of the area's revitalization plan.

Town officials said the improvement was due to cost - saving efforts including buying used trucks for the town instead of new ones, coating roads with cheaper beet - juice brine before snowstorms instead of using salt, installing high - efficiency LED streetlights, posting legal notices online instead of in print, and hiring part - time snow plow operators to avoid paying overtime for full - time crews.

He cited difficult state mandates, a tax cap that is close to zero percent, limited options for increasing revenue and decreasing expenditures, roads in need of repair and buildings in need of capital improvements.

$ 10 million will support infrastructure improvements to the planned development at MarcyNano and SUNY IT, including $ 5 million to enhance Oneida County's public sewer system and $ 5 million for the construction of the MarcyNano Ring Road.

«Pothole repairs can only do so much, which is why I dedicated funds for a wear and tear crew to make substantial, long - lasting improvements to some of our most dilapidated roads.»

His plans call for improvements at the MTA, an overhaul of Pennsylvania Station, a new LaGuardia Airport, a third track on the Long Island Rail Road, an expansion of the Jacob Javits Center, major upgrades to John F. Kennedy Airport as well as to air terminals in Long Island and the Hudson Valley — all on top of new roads and bridges across upstate «like we've never built before.»

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

$ 5.6 million in repairs to address higher - traffic county roads; continues Poloncarz administration push for infrastructure improvements

Feasibility study looking at how private sector funds could be used to fund road maintenance, improvements and construction - CIHT welcomes this study but the Institution has identified the need for more research to be carried out into the role that can be played by the private sector

Life during the next few years should get a bit easier for people in the Adirondacks and Catskills with the passage of a measure that should eventually clear the way for road and bridge improvements as well as new utility lines, municipal water systems and even bike paths, without requiring a constitutional amendment.

Upon Cuomo's pledge this month to chip in $ 8.3 billion to the MTA's modernization plan, upstate lawmakers began citing the needs of roads and bridges in their communities, hoping to have a shot at state funding for those improvements during the next budget process.

Walker said his plan for the next budget involves an investment of 25 percent more than the last budget for the Local Road Improvement Program, $ 65 million in new aid to local governments and «the largest increase to the Local Bridge Improvement Program in over 20 years.»

The so - called «Smart Schools» initiative was the first time voters approved a major bond issue since 2005 when they signed off on $ 2.9 billion in bonding for road, bridge and mass transit improvements.

City Councilman Daniel Dromm announced plans to allocate $ 500,000 from his discretionary funds to pay for improvements to Diversity Plaza, which is on 37th Road between 73rd and 74th streets in Jackson Heights.

Cuomo proposed a wish list Tuesday that included creating a third rail for the Long Island Rail Road between Floral Park and Hicksville along with related improvements.

Mr. Russell said necessary road repairs and improvements make it even harder for the town to stay under the cap, which limits the total amount of money the town can collect from taxpayers.

The additional funding, added as an amendment to the 2018 Capital Budget Bond Resolution that is now before the Erie County Legislature, would be used for road reconstruction and rehabilitation work including pavement and shoulder widening, drainage improvements, sight distance and safety improvements.

Mule and Gary T. Ballowe bought the property at 7305 Omphalius Road in 2012, and they said they asked Code Enforcement Officer William G. Ferguson if they needed building permits for planned improvements.

The game includes projects like the widening and reconstruction of Victory Boulevard and Manor Road, which has been in the works for more than two years but is delayed until June 2017, and improvements for Richmond Valley Road which are set to be finished in 2020.

Condemnation of land or homes happens through the process of eminent domain, in which a government can force someone to sell property for a public improvement — usually a road or power line.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — New Rochelle is the recipient of a $ 3,518,638 grant from New York State for Quaker Ridge Road «Complete Streets» improvements, Governor Cuomo's office announced last week.

Better ratings reduce the cost of borrowing for projects such as road improvements, while lower ratings increase costs.