Libous announces highway grants
NORWICH – With many areas throughout New York State still recovering from flood damage and highway crews continuing to work on roads, grant money from one local Senator will aid the effort.
Senator Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, announced in late June more than $734,000 in grants that will help rebuild local roads, improve parks and sidewalks, build a walking track in the town of Smithville and replace a partially collapsed sluice pipe in the Town of Norwich.
“I’ve learned a lot from our local transportation experts over the last couple of years,” said Libous, Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. “And the one thing that’s really clear is that we have to deliver resources to keep our local roads, bridges and parks in the best possible shape.”
It was announced by Norwich Highway Superintendent Stanley Foulds at Monday’s regularly scheduled town board meeting that a $15,000 grant to the town is secure and should be arriving in coming weeks.
The projects selected were chosen among many applications. While many of the Senator’s grants went directly to safety improvements, Smithville got money to build a walking track at its park.
“Transportation is more than just the bit of asphalt on the other side of your front yard,” Libous said. “It’s walking and bike paths and other means to get where you’re going. Improving any of those things makes a community a better, safer place to live.”
Smithville Highway Superintendent Bruce Kinney welcomed the improvements. “We have some new and some old sidewalks. Many are in disrepair or non-existent,” he said. “There are many walkers during the summer months. … A walking track could be used in poor weather and more toward dusk without the worry of traffic.”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state funded some repairs to Miller-Shumway Road following last year’s floods, said Foulds. But further examination showed a sluice pipe had partially collapsed and the town needed money to replace it.
Below are listed grants Senator Libous provided or is providing money for in Chenango County.
Town of Bainbridge: $25,000 for Dingman Hill Road or Neff Hill Road.
County of Chenango: $32,000 for four new traffic lights.
Town of Norwich: $15,000 to replace pipe on Miller-Shumway Road.
Town of Preston: $25,000 for road culvert and head wall improvements.
Town of Smithville: $15,000 for walking track at the park.
e-mail: josterhout@evesun.com
Senator Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, announced in late June more than $734,000 in grants that will help rebuild local roads, improve parks and sidewalks, build a walking track in the town of Smithville and replace a partially collapsed sluice pipe in the Town of Norwich.
“I’ve learned a lot from our local transportation experts over the last couple of years,” said Libous, Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. “And the one thing that’s really clear is that we have to deliver resources to keep our local roads, bridges and parks in the best possible shape.”
It was announced by Norwich Highway Superintendent Stanley Foulds at Monday’s regularly scheduled town board meeting that a $15,000 grant to the town is secure and should be arriving in coming weeks.
The projects selected were chosen among many applications. While many of the Senator’s grants went directly to safety improvements, Smithville got money to build a walking track at its park.
“Transportation is more than just the bit of asphalt on the other side of your front yard,” Libous said. “It’s walking and bike paths and other means to get where you’re going. Improving any of those things makes a community a better, safer place to live.”
Smithville Highway Superintendent Bruce Kinney welcomed the improvements. “We have some new and some old sidewalks. Many are in disrepair or non-existent,” he said. “There are many walkers during the summer months. … A walking track could be used in poor weather and more toward dusk without the worry of traffic.”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state funded some repairs to Miller-Shumway Road following last year’s floods, said Foulds. But further examination showed a sluice pipe had partially collapsed and the town needed money to replace it.
Below are listed grants Senator Libous provided or is providing money for in Chenango County.
Town of Bainbridge: $25,000 for Dingman Hill Road or Neff Hill Road.
County of Chenango: $32,000 for four new traffic lights.
Town of Norwich: $15,000 to replace pipe on Miller-Shumway Road.
Town of Preston: $25,000 for road culvert and head wall improvements.
Town of Smithville: $15,000 for walking track at the park.
e-mail: josterhout@evesun.com
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