Hudson Valley counties will be targeted for $121.2 million in state repaving projects next year according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. The funding will be part of $600 million the state plans to spend on 180 road paving projects during 2026.
Statewide, the plan calls for 2,150 lane miles of roads to be repaved. The funding has been included in the State Department of Transportation’s five-year $34.3 billion capital spending plan.
Hochul announced next year’s planned repaving projects during an Oct. 22 meeting with Department of Transportation workers at Latham, NY.
“As someone who has ridden on virtually every mile of every state road across New York, I know firsthand every curve and every pothole, and next year we will be making an unprecedented investment to improve state roads across New York,” Hochul said. “New Yorkers will be seeing crews out there like never before next year, rejuvenating highways, enhancing the safety of the traveling public, and laying a solid foundation for economic development across the Empire State.”
According to State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, “Every New Yorker and visitor to our state who drives our roads understands how critical it is to maintain them, especially after the wear and tear of our winters. Investing in our infrastructure strengthens safety, supports local economies, and improves quality of life.”
Projects scheduled for next year include, in Westchester: $19.2 million to resurface Route 9A from Belmont Road to North State Road in the Towns of Ossining and Mount Pleasant and Village of Briarcliff Manor; $9.6 million to resurface U.S. Route 1 and Putnam Avenue from the I-287 interchange to the New York – Connecticut State Line on U.S. Route 1 and from Route 120A to U.S. Route 1 on Putnam Avenue in the Town of Rye and Village of Port Chester; $33.6 million to resurface Interstate 287 from Westchester Avenue to State Route 119 in Greenburgh, Harrison, Elmsford and the City of White Plains.
In Dutchess County, planned paving projects include: $1.8 million to resurface pavement from Innis Avenue to West Road in the Towns of Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, and Poughkeepsie; $2.3 million to resurface Route 82 from Route 44 to Sisters Hill Road in the Towns of Stanford, Pleasant Valley and Washington; $12.1 million to resurface Route 376 from Route 82 to Boardman Road in the Towns of Poughkeepsie, LaGrange, Wappinger and East Fishkill.
Projects planned for Orange County include: $13 million to resurface Route 17M from the Route 94 Intersection to Route 207 and from the Route 17 Intersection to Gilbert Street in the Towns and Villages of Chester, Goshen and Monroe and Town of Blooming Grove; $4.7 million to resurface Route 32 from Route 300 to the Ulster County Line in the Town of Newburgh.
In Putnam, the state plans to spend $4.7 million to resurface Route 311 from Route 52 to the Empire State Trail in the Towns of Kent and Patterson.
In Sullivan County, $14.2 million has been allocated to resurface Route 17 from the Hamlet of Parksville to the Village of Liberty including Interchange ramps at 98, 100A, and 100.
In Ulster County, the state is planning a $2.5 million resurfacing of Route 28 from the I-587 Roundabout to Hurley Mountain Road in the Town of Ulster. There also is to be a $2 million resurfacing of Route 52 from Birchall Road to White Street in the Town of Wawarsing and Village of Ellenville along with $1.5 million to resurface Route 28 to the State Route 42 Ulster/Greene County Line in the Town of Shandaken.
