Conference examines Hudson Valley infrastructure

Pattern for Progress, the nonprofit regional policy and planning organization, will report findings of its infrastructure survey in the Hudson Valley at a May 19 conference in New Windsor.

“Infrastructure Issues: Crumbling or Tumbling?” will be from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Anthony’s Pier 9 in New Windsor.

Pattern for Progress officials said more than 125 towns, villages and cities in the nine-county region participated in Pattern”™s survey. The conference will include an overview of the condition of roads, bridges, water and sewer capacity as seen by municipal officials.

“There are serious deficiencies throughout the valley,” March Gallagher, Pattern for Progress chief strategy officer, said in a press release. Gallagher will explain survey results at the conference.

Keynote speakers for the event are U.S. Rep. Sean Maloney, a Democrat representing the Hudson Valley”™s 18^th congressional district, and James R. Levine, general counsel of the state  Environmental Facilities Corp.

Registration is $50 for Pattern members, $60 for nonmembers and $30 for municipal or school district employees. People are asked to register by May 17.

To register, contact Pattern for Progress at 845-565-4900 or at rdegroat@pfprogress.org.