Ortt will rally with local highway chiefs today against cuts in CHIPS funding
LOCKPORT – State Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt will have a news conference today with highway leaders in Orleans and Niagara counties to express their concern over possible cuts in CHIPS funding from the state.
The governor’s budget proposed a $60 million decrease in CHIPS money for roads, bridges and culverts around the state.
Orleans County Commissioner of Public Works John Papponetti and Niagara County Commissioner of Public Works Garret Meal and several town highway superintendents from both counties will be at the news conference at 10 a.m. at the Town of Lockport Highway Garage.
