Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I, D, WF-Sag Harbor) announced the availability of $40 million in State funding to help local governments make necessary repairs to highways and bridges following this year’s exceptionally harsh winter. This funding, passed as part of the 2014-15 Enacted Budget, is a special one-time allocation to compliment the $438 million in existing State support for local transportation infrastructure. All counties, cities, towns and villages will receive capital assistance through the program. The 2013-14 winter season, with prolonged freezing temperatures and several significant snowfalls, caused havoc on our roads. Localities will be able to use this funding on capital projects to repair and improve infrastructure and to complement their core construction programs. To help brace for future storms, longer lasting roadway surfacing and overlay projects are eligible expenses. The breakdown of funding for municipalities in the 1st Assembly District is as follows: Town of Brookhaven $400,941.87
Village of North Haven $2,887.78
Town of East Hampton $62,117.93
Village of Quogue $13,989.71
Town of Shelter Island $14,383.90
Village of Sag Harbor $10,543.92
Town of Southampton $97,202.60
Village of Sagaponack $4,397.72
Village of Dering Harbor $1,819.88
Village of Southampton $29,266.18
Village of East Hampton $18,267.00
Village of W. Hampton Dune $570.21
Village of Mastic Beach $21,307.10
Village of Westhampton Beach $15,414.98 The capital grants for extreme winter recovery will be allocated in accordance with existing formulas for local capital transportation aid (the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program, or CHIPS). To view the allocation of the Extreme Weather Recovery capital funding by county, please visit http://www.governor.ny.gov/assets/documents/40-Million-CHIPS-Like-Budget-Run.pdf.