Steuben Public Works announces road work schedule

BATH – Potential funding from New York State’s Extreme Winter Recovery Funding and Pave NY could add to Steuben County Public Works road work schedule in 2020, with the current drop in oil prices likely to reduce costs already budgeted for pending projects, according to county Public Works Commissioner Vince Spagnoletti. Whether the new funds remain in place, given the strained state budget, Spagnoletti recently told the county Legislature’s Public Works Committee his department expects to work on 88 miles of county roads at a cost of $6 million this year. The scheduled road work is in large part funded through the state’s Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Plan and is expected to bring the county Public Work’s Five Year Plan to a successful conclusion. Work now slated for 2020 includes: