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Mayors from around the Capital Region gathered in Cohoes Thursday to discuss new capital funding in the 2021-22 New York State budget meant to help municipalities absorb the cost of maintaining state touring routes.
The new program provides $100 million to establish a capital funding source called the “City Touring Routes Program” to reimburse cities, villages, and towns for capital projects on local roads and bridges. Democratic 108th district Assemblyman John McDonald says funding is allocated based on New York- or U.S.-signed touring route miles for which municipalities have maintenance responsibility. Almost over $4.2 million is allocated for the city of Albany, $1.4 [million] to the city of Cohoes, Rensselaer $373,000, the city of Troy over $3.7 million, in the city of Watervliet over $895,000, said McDonald.