Sentences with phrase «repair local bridges»
Communities around New York state will soon be eligible to apply for $ 250 million to help replace and repair local bridges, with priority given to bridges with the greatest needs.
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At the end of October, the Highway Trust Fund becomes insolvent, lacking the funding it needs to continue projects that repair and build the nation's federal, state, and local highways, bridges, tunnels and mass transit programs.
The fact is, state and local governments constantly repair highways and bridges.
Bridge repairs, resurfacing projects and flood resilience initiatives are among major local road schemes to have received investment this week under the Government's Challenge Fund.
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today says two water main breaks in Rotterdam and a sewer break in Amsterdam underscore the continued urgent need for a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground, and save tax dollars.
LOWER MANHATTAN — Vice President Joe Biden joined local politicians beneath the Brooklyn Bridge's peeling steel supports Wednesday afternoon to announce the start of four years of repairs to the bBridge's peeling steel supports Wednesday afternoon to announce the start of four years of repairs to the bridgebridge.
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R,C,I - Schaghticoke) and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I - Corning) are joining with several local Capital Region officials in seeking a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground and save tax dollars.
Six hundred county and town highway superintendents, public works commissioners and other highway industry professionals are expected to swarm the halls of the Capitol and Legislative Office Building in Albany March 3rd & 4th to urge the Governor and state lawmakers to make the maintenance and repair of local roads and bridges a top priority in the state budget.
Nearly 300 local bridges across Western New York are out of date or in need of repair, US Sen. Chuck Schumer announced as he launched a push for more federal funding to help fix those spans.
ALBANY, NY (03/04/2015)(readMedia)-- ALBANY, NY - Six hundred county and town highway superintendents, public works commissioners and other highway industry professionals swarmed the halls of the Capitol and Legislative Office Building in Albany March 3rd & 4th to urge the Governor and state lawmakers to make the maintenance and repair of local roads and bridges a top priority in the state budget.
Local governments need assistance to repair roads, bridges and other infrastructure damaged or destroyed.
No county or local government has enough money in place to address all bridge repair needs at once.
Seward has joined local Highway Superintendents urging an increase in state funding for the repair of roads bridges and culverts.
«After disasters hit, our federal, state and local partners must be able to move quickly and make the necessary repairs to our nation's transit systems, roads, rails and bridges,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Local funds will cover the remaining cost to modernize and repair the bridge, which was built in 1874.
Thankfully, the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge was reopened in October 2017 and the majority of local businesses are still open, although the area around the mudslide is slated to take at least a year to repair.