STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCES
$11.5 MILLION IN SOUTHERN TIER AND WESTERN NY PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
Maintenance Paving to Keep State
Roads Safe and in Good Repair
Investment Complements “Southern Tier
Soaring,” the Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and
Grow the Economy
New
York State Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Paul A. Karas today
announced work has begun on $11.5 million in maintenance and repair work on
State roads through several counties in the Southern Tier and Western New York.
This maintenance paving work, which will be completed by the end of 2018, will
restore the pavement to a good condition, thereby extending its life for many
years to come.
“These
road improvements will provide for safer and more efficient travel to support
the critical business and tourism industries that keep the Southern Tier
Soaring, as well as for local and commercial traffic that depends on these
roads each day,” Acting Commissioner Karas said. “Governor Cuomo’s
investment in the state’s transportation infrastructure will support continued
growth of local and regional economies.”
Maintenance
paving provides a quick and cost-effective means to improve road conditions and
safety. This investment will keep the roads in a state of good repair,
delaying the need for more costly, in-depth repairs in the future. These
projects include pavement treatments such as cold-in-place recycling, heater
scarification, chip seals, crack sealing and traditional asphalt
overlays. Preparatory and finishing work on these jobs will be done by
DOT maintenance employees.
The
following locations will be paved during this construction season and will be
completed by the end of 2018:
·
State
Route 63 through the town of Wayland, Steuben County
·
State
Route 305 through the towns of Cuba and New Hudson, Allegany County
·
State
Route 21 through the towns of Wayland and Cohocton, Steuben County
·
State
Route 227 from State Route 79 to State Route 228 in the town of Hector,
Schuyler County
·
State
Route 228 through the towns of Hector and Catherine, Schuyler County
·
State
Route 228 from State Route 79 to State Route 227 in the town of Hector,
Schuyler County
·
State
Route 275 through the village of Richburg, Allegany County
·
State
Route 19 through the town of Hume, Allegany County
·
State
Route 244 from Alfred Station to Phillips Creek in the towns of Alfred and
Ward, Allegany County
Consistent
with Governor Cuomo’s Drivers First initiative, the projects have been designed
to minimize impacts to the travelling public. Lane closures on these
projects will be limited to only those absolutely necessary to complete the
work and to keep workers and the travelling public safe. Drivers are reminded
to stay alert for changing traffic patterns while the work is being completed.
Projects
to repaint pavement markings and repair and replace guiderail on state roads
throughout the Southern Tier also are scheduled for this summer. This
preventive maintenance is essential to keep the pavement markings bright and
reflective and to ensure that guiderail meets current safety standards.
Motorists
are reminded that fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone. In
accordance with the Work Zone Safety Act of 2005, convictions of two or more
speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an
individual’s driver license.
