The seven Hudson Valley counties can expect to receive at least $167 million in transportation and infrastructure funding through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), projected to create an estimated 4,008 jobs.
In addition to these funds, New York State Department of Transportation will award $94 million in highway and bridge contracts next year. The Hudson Valley will receive approximately $38 million in Consolidated Highway Improvement Program funding, which the recovery funds restored to the state budget, Gov. David Paterson reported. In total, Hudson Valley communities will receive almost $300 million in highway and bridge funding in 2009-10.
Specifically, the projects include:
? $15.2 million to replace the Palisades Interstate Parkway bridge over Route 202 in the towns of Haverstraw and Ramapo. Construction is expected to be completed in November 2010;
? $3.7 million to install an automated traffic management system on the Cross County Parkway in Westchester County. The new system will include acoustic vehicle detectors that will communicate with the region”™s Transportation Management Center, located in Hawthorne. The project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2010;
? $13.4 million to provide general maintenance of 18 bridges along I-684. The project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2010;
? $5.9 million to repave approximately 34 miles of state roadway in Westchester and Rockland counties. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2009;
? $3.3 million to construct new bluestone sidewalks along Route 209 in the Hamlet of Stone Ridge located in the Town of Marbletown, Ulster County. A new traffic signal will also include enhanced pedestrian signal poles and crosswalks. Construction is expected to be completed in the summer of 2010;
? $1.4 million to repave approximately 18 miles of state roadway in Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2009;
? $4.4 million to repave approximately 22 miles of state roadway in Orange and Ulster counties. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2009;
? $4.9 million in ARRA funding for a project to paint the steel superstructure of four bridges and provide localized, spot painting on 57 other bridges along I-84. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2010;
? $12.2 million to replace the Popham Road Bridge over the Metro-North Railroad tracks in Scarsdale. Construction is expected to be completed by spring 2011;
? $2.8 million to replace the Odell Avenue Bridge over abandoned railroad tracks in Yonkers. Construction is expected to be completed by the fall of 2009;
? $10.2 million to replace the South First Avenue Bridge over the Metro-North Railroad tracks in Mount Vernon. Construction is expected to be completed by spring 2011.
