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The Rome Common Council accepted the donation of four new monuments to be placed at Veterans Memorial Park on North James Street at their Wednesday meeting.
Senator James Skoufis (D-Orange County) announced several big wins for his Orange County constituents in the final state budget being approved this week. As negotiations among legislative leaders and .
COHOES, N.Y. â Elected officials recently gathered at Cohoes City City Hall to discuss new capital funds for municipal road touring improvements. The vital infrastructure allocations from the state budget will reduce costs for municipalities, improve public safety traveling conditions, as well as making the region more attractive for commerce and tourism.
The new program provides $100 million to establish a capital funding source called the âCity Touring Routes Programâ to reimburse cities, villages, and towns for capital project costs on local roads and bridges. The funding is allocated based on New York- or U.S.-signed touring route miles for which these municipalities have capital maintenance responsibility.
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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.