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Welcher Avenue Rehab One of $27M in Capital Projects Proposed by Astorino

Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino is urging the Board of Legislators to approve $27 million worth of capital projects that would help create 240 jobs. One of those projects including $70,000 worth of repairs to Welcher Avenue in Peekskill.

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Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino last week issued a statement pushing the  Board of Legislators today to give quick review and approval to more than $27 million in capital projects that he submitted to them.

Astorino said the projects would create 240 jobs and help improve county roads, bridges, parks and other infrastructure and flood mitigation.

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One of those projects calls for the bonding of  $70,000 to rehab Welcher Avenue from Lower South Street to Washington Avenue. The work calls for milling, asphalt resurfacing, curb repair and new road marking. A PDF detailing the project is attached to this story.

“I urge the Board of Legislators to give prompt attention to these proposals,” Astorino said in statement. “These projects are essential investments in our parks, roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure. Beyond that, the projects will create an estimated 240 jobs for our trade unions.”

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Astorino said the Board of Legislators has approved $50,155,000 in capital projects that he’s submitted this year.

Links to documents describing the rest of the projects being proposed can be found below:

  • $600,000 to design a new infirmary and suicide prevention area at the County Correction facility

  • $515,000 to replace heavy equipment for DPW/T

  • $100,000 to design road improvements on the Halstead Avenue Bridge in Mamaroneck

  • $800,000 for pump station rehabilitation in the Saw Mill Sewer District

  • $800,000 for a study to review possible new technologies for a more environmentally sustainable and cost-effective way to handle residuals and by-products from wastewater treatment

  • $635,000 for road improvements on Fort Hill Road in Yonkers

  • $5,100,000 to replace engines at the Yonkers Joint Treatment Plant

  • $140,000 to design road improvements on Westchester Ave. in White Plains

  • $400,000 to implement a stormwater management program at the airport

  • $3,623,213 to rehabilitate the taxiways at the airport

  • $2,900,000 to acquire land in Somers for the purpose of 75 AFFH units

  • $1,900,000 for infrastructure improvements at the Somers AFFH site

  • $595,000 to replace vehicles in Public Safety

  • $2,000,000 for terminal upgrades at the airport

  • $160,000 to acquire heavy equipment for Public Safety

  • $2,000,000 for repairs and upgrades at the Alexander Street Influent Structure

  • $300,000 for infrastructure improvements on the North and South County Trailways

  • $80,000 to design road improvements on Harney Road in Eastchester

  • $50,000 to design road improvements on Tuckahoe Road  in Yonkers.

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