Maziarz releases data on special pothole repair money coming to Niagara County

State Sen. George Maziarz has announced the enacted 2014-15 state budget contains $40 million specifically for road repairs after this particularly harsh winter. Nearly $600,000 of this will be allocated for local governments in Niagara County in "Extreme Winter Recovery Grants." 

This grant money comes on top of record-level funding for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program, the normal mechanism for delivering state aid to municipalities for surface improvements on locally controlled thoroughfares. In this year's state budget, between CHIPs increases and the EWR grants, Niagara County local governments are slated to receive aid increases of between 8 percent and 12 percent over last year.

"As Niagara County residents know, this last winter did a lot of damage to our streets and roads," Maziarz said. "As a result, we are driving record amounts of aid to local governments so we can help them fix potholes and patch road surfaces. I made this a priority in our budget negotiations, and I'm glad we were successful. Between the CHIPS dollars and this extra money set aside for pothole repairs, we are helping to address the problems local residents face every day when they are driving to work, to school, or to the store."

Below is a list of Niagara County municipalities and the street repair funding they are receiving this year:

JURISDICTION                    14/15 CHIPS               14/15 EWR Grants     14/15 TOTAL

County - Niagara                    $2,178,463                         $167,999           $2,346,462

City - Lockport                       $567,855                           $53,113                         $620,968

City - Niagara Falls                $1,401,343                         $133,720          $1,535,063

City - North Tonawanda         $735,151                             $67,035                         $802,186

Town - Cambria                      $70,667                            $7,961               $78,628

Town - Hartland                      $135,066                          $15,913             $154,992

Town - Lockport                     $158,914                           $17,896            $176,810

Town - Newfane                     $159,467                            $18,371                         $177,838

Town - Niagara                       $68,628                            $8,113                           $76,741

Town - Pendleton                    $57,054                            $6,079                           $63,134

Town - Porter                          $60,856                           $6,869                           $67,724

Town - Royalton                     $200,176                          $23,939            $224,115

Town - Somerset                     $89,330                            $10,309                         $99,638

Town - Wheatfield                  $85,543                             $9,112                           $94,655 

Town - Wilson                        $99,987                           $11,393                         $111,379

Town - Lewiston                     $139,079                     $15,913                            $154,992

Village - Lewiston                  $72,522                             $8,108                          $80,630

Village - Youngstown             $32,535                              $3,614                         $36,149

Village - Middleport               $32,525                              $3,626                          $36,152

Village - Barker                      $8,657                               $958                                 $9,615

Village - Wilson                     $20,330                             $2,223               $22,553

TOTAL                                     $6,374,148                  $591,994              $6,966,142