New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has allocated $101m for 25 rail and port upgrades.
The Long Island Rail Road will get $10m to upgrade the Fresh Pond Yard and English Kills bridges.
$10m will go towards a fully electrified maritime hub in Hunts Point and rehabilitating Pier 10 to support the Red Hook Container Terminal.
The Oatka Creek Bridge on the Rochester & Southern Railroad will be replaced for $5.9m.
$4.6m will be used for bridge and track rehabilitation on the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad and $4.2m will go towards rehabilitating the rail line at Rotterdam Branch on behalf of Pan Am Southern’s railway.
$3.2m will establish direct rail access to the South Buffalo Railroad at the UFP facility in Lackawanna, $1.7m will connect a grain facility to the Finger Lakes Railway in Waterloo and $1.6m will improve rail infrastructure in Sangerfield.
Marie Therese Dominguez, New York State transportation commissioner, said: “Freight rail and port infrastructure is critical to New York’s global footprint while providing cost-effective solutions to getting goods to market quickly and efficiently.”
A full list of the projects being funded is available here.
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