Late in the evening on June 7th the State Senate and Assembly both approved the Governor's Emergency Article VII bill (S.8090/A.11372) which included our FULL annual $402.8 million appropriation for the 2010-2011 fiscal year for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS, $363.1 million) and Marchiselli Program ($39.7 million). This is the same record funding level we have been able to achieve the past two years.

Shortly after State Leaders failed to pass a Budget on April 1st the NYSCHSA and NYSAOTSOH Boards took the lead in letting our elected officials know the huge negative impact this was having on our local roads and bridges. NYSAC joined our efforts and helped with the push. With the State DOT's budget cut by over $200 million and no authorization to move this year's capital projects, we decided that to get our CHIPs funding we must call on our local program to be treated like the MTA's Capital Program. The MTA got their Capital Plan approved on June 1 and we got out CHIPS program approved on June 7!

Allocation should be very close to last year's funding and CLICK HERE for the updated statewide CHIPS runs.