County plans public road projects for 2010
NORWICH – Chenango County’s contribution from reserves to support the highway department has fallen off over the past five years by $1 million – from $9.6 in 2005 to $8.6 in 2010.
Consequently, the amount of highway surplus applied to meet equipment purchases and other needs has increased over the same time period.
Department of Public Works Director Randy Gibbon provided the statistics to his standing committee Thursday. He said the department “just doesn’t have the funding we used to have,” and sometimes stone and oil or other work projects have to stop for lack of cash flow.
Reimbursements from the state are very late, he said, or don’t come at all.
“I know everybody says this isn’t so, but your towns have better equipment than the county does right now,” he told the committee’s supervisors.
“I wouldn’t say that,” said Town of McDonough Supervisor Arrington Canor. Several committee members echoed Canor.
Gibbon pointed to the county DPW’s 23 tandem trucks, many of which are early 1980s models. He said the department aims to replace two per year, but struggles to find the funding. On a positive note, he said the condition of Chenango County’s bridges was at one time rated highest in the state. “We still have great bridges,” he said.
Gibbon reported the DPW was on track last year to do almost 50 miles of resurfacing for the first time in almost six years when the August flood hit. The department was forced to change focus and repair the damages on a dozen different roads and bridges. About $300,000 or 24 miles of re-surfacing was deferred to repair flood damages, he said.
Workers successfully repaired all the flood damage and management has submitted for reimbursement from the state’s emergency management office.
Among public works department projects currently underway, county Road 34 Bridge in the Town of Norwich is scheduled to be completed in May and the paving on county Road 44 should be finished by July or August. Both are funded by federal stimulus promised to the county.
The following stone and oil roadway projects are proposed for the 2010 work season: County Roads 2, 5 and 6 in German; county Road 7 in McDonough and Pharsalia; county Road 14 in Smyrna; county Road 24 in Sherburne and Columbus; county Road 25 in Columbus; county Road 33 in Norwich and Guilford.
Twelve miles of county Road 32 will be slurry sealed.
The following roadways will receive hot asphalt overlay: County Road 16 in Plymouth; county Road 44 in Plymouth and North Norwich; and county Roads 32 and 33 in Norwich.
The following bridges will be repaired or replaced: county Road 3A in Greene and the Tucker Road bridge in Smithville. In addition, the long awaited Main Street Bridge project in Oxford will be let to bid in December.
Funding for all work is primarily contingent upon receiving Consolidated Highway Improvement Program, or CHIP's, funds from New York State. The county is counting on the level being the same as 2009, or $1.799 million.
“The state’s budget will either allow us to do our planned projects our not. At what level New York State will be able to fund CHIPs is anyone's guess,” said Gibbon.
In addition, the amount of work that can be accomplished because of funding will be impacted by the price of oil.
Consequently, the amount of highway surplus applied to meet equipment purchases and other needs has increased over the same time period.
Department of Public Works Director Randy Gibbon provided the statistics to his standing committee Thursday. He said the department “just doesn’t have the funding we used to have,” and sometimes stone and oil or other work projects have to stop for lack of cash flow.
Reimbursements from the state are very late, he said, or don’t come at all.
“I know everybody says this isn’t so, but your towns have better equipment than the county does right now,” he told the committee’s supervisors.
“I wouldn’t say that,” said Town of McDonough Supervisor Arrington Canor. Several committee members echoed Canor.
Gibbon pointed to the county DPW’s 23 tandem trucks, many of which are early 1980s models. He said the department aims to replace two per year, but struggles to find the funding. On a positive note, he said the condition of Chenango County’s bridges was at one time rated highest in the state. “We still have great bridges,” he said.
Gibbon reported the DPW was on track last year to do almost 50 miles of resurfacing for the first time in almost six years when the August flood hit. The department was forced to change focus and repair the damages on a dozen different roads and bridges. About $300,000 or 24 miles of re-surfacing was deferred to repair flood damages, he said.
Workers successfully repaired all the flood damage and management has submitted for reimbursement from the state’s emergency management office.
Among public works department projects currently underway, county Road 34 Bridge in the Town of Norwich is scheduled to be completed in May and the paving on county Road 44 should be finished by July or August. Both are funded by federal stimulus promised to the county.
The following stone and oil roadway projects are proposed for the 2010 work season: County Roads 2, 5 and 6 in German; county Road 7 in McDonough and Pharsalia; county Road 14 in Smyrna; county Road 24 in Sherburne and Columbus; county Road 25 in Columbus; county Road 33 in Norwich and Guilford.
Twelve miles of county Road 32 will be slurry sealed.
The following roadways will receive hot asphalt overlay: County Road 16 in Plymouth; county Road 44 in Plymouth and North Norwich; and county Roads 32 and 33 in Norwich.
The following bridges will be repaired or replaced: county Road 3A in Greene and the Tucker Road bridge in Smithville. In addition, the long awaited Main Street Bridge project in Oxford will be let to bid in December.
Funding for all work is primarily contingent upon receiving Consolidated Highway Improvement Program, or CHIP's, funds from New York State. The county is counting on the level being the same as 2009, or $1.799 million.
“The state’s budget will either allow us to do our planned projects our not. At what level New York State will be able to fund CHIPs is anyone's guess,” said Gibbon.
In addition, the amount of work that can be accomplished because of funding will be impacted by the price of oil.
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