$255K in pothole aid coming to Orleans
Photo by Tom Rivers – West Park Street in Albion shows wear and tear from a tough winter.
The new state budget includes $40 million to help municipalities patch roads after the harsh winter. Orleans County municipalities will receive about $250,000 of the “Extreme Winter Recovery Grants,” state Sen. George Maziarz announced today.
The county, villages and towns in Orleans County already receive about $2.5 million in state money through the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program or CHIPS. Those state funds help municipalities with surface improvements on locally-controlled thoroughfares.
In this year’s budget, between CHIPs increases and the EWR grants, Orleans County local governments received aid increases of between 9 percent and 12 percent over last year, Maziarz said.
“As Orleans County residents know, this last winter did a lot of damage to our streets and roads,” Maziarz said. “As a result, we are driving record amounts of aid to local governments so we can help them fix potholes and patch road surfaces. I made this a priority in our budget negotiations and I’m glad we were successful.”
Below is a list of Orleans County municipalities and the street repair funding they are receiving this year:
Municipality | CHIPS | EWR | Total |
Orleans County | $1,290,797 | $115,599 | $1,406,396 |
Towns: | |||
Albion | $61,020 | $6,990 | $68,010 |
Barre | $153,804 | $18,062 | $171,866 |
Carlton | $122,768 | $14,335 | $137,103 |
Clarendon | $105,954 | $12,443 | $118,397 |
Gaines | $40,092 | $4,592 | $44,684 |
Kendall | $66,309 | $7,390 | $73,699 |
Murray | $71,998 | $8,262 | $80,260 |
Ridgeway | $117,102 | $13,517 | $130,619 |
Shelby | $111,527 | $13,035 | $124,562 |
Yates | $88,646 | $10,172 | $98,818 |
Villages: | |||
Albion | $99,655 | $11,221 | $110,876 |
Holley | $26,887 | $2,940 | $29,827 |
Lyndonville | $17,344 | $1,948 | $19,292 |
Medina | $138,142 | $15,491 | $153,633 |
Total | $2,512,044 | $255,996 | $2,768,040 |