State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C,I-Big Flats), Assemblyman Phil
Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) and a bipartisan group of state legislators in
the Senate and Assembly, together with the state’s county and town highway
superintendents and other local leaders, will call on Governor Andrew Cuomo
and legislative leaders to increase state funding for local roads, bridges
and culverts through the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS)
in the final 2017-2018 New York State budget.
The lawmakers have scheduled a news conference on Wednesday, March 8,
2017 with county and town highway superintendents and officials from the
NYS County Highway Superintendents Association, Association of Town
Superintendents of Highways, Association of Counties, Conference of Mayors,
Association of General Contractors of New York, New York Farm Bureau and
the Association of Towns of the State of New York.
Wednesday’s news conference coincides with this week’s “Local Roads
Matter” advocacy campaign in Albany sponsored by the county and town
highway superintendents associations.
Chief among the group’s concerns is the ongoing deterioration of
local roads, bridges and culverts. Numerous reports over the past few
years have highlighted the decline of New York’s locally maintained
transportation infrastructure and its impact on economic development and
motorist safety.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 8, 2017, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: The Well of the Legislative Office Building
WHO:
-State Senator Tom O’Mara
-Assemblyman Phil Palmesano
-State Senate and Assembly Colleagues
-NYS County Highway Superintendents Association
-NYS Association of Town Superintendents of Highways
-NYS Association of Counties
-New York Conference of Mayors
-Association of Towns of the State of NY
New York Farm Bureau
-Associated General Contractors of New York
