Boonville and Constableville to receive portions from $250 million funding for local water infrastructure products
LEWIS & ONEIDA COUNTIES- Two North Country area communities are lined up to receive a chunk from $250 million worth of funding for local water infrastructure projects.
This announcement comes from the office of New York Governor, Kathy Hochul. “Communities are working hard to upgrade aging water infrastructure and protect public health, and I’m committed to providing them with the resources they need to succeed,” she said.
Here in the Mohawk Valley Region, the village of Boonville, NY will receive $7 million for the planning, design, and construction of improvements to the Mill Creek interceptor and wastewater treatment plant. EFC previously provided an Engineering Planning Grant to help the Village advance this project.
Meanwhile in the North Country, the village of Constableville will be receiving $12.2 million in federal grant and interest-free financing for a new drinking water transmission main from existing spring sources to the spring storage basin, and then to the filtration plant.
The Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors approved low-cost financing and State and federal grants that empower local governments to advance crucial upgrades — such as replacing lead service lines, treating harmful emerging contaminants, mitigating flooding, and modernizing aging systems — without passing high costs on to local ratepayers.
These investments protect public health and the environment, reduce future risks, and support good-paying jobs, according to the Governor's office.
Funding is provided through:
- The Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds: A mix of State and federal dollars that delivers over $1 billion in low-cost financing and grants annually to New York communities.
- Governor Hochul’s Lead Infrastructure Forgiveness and Transformation (LIFT) grant program: Loan forgiveness grants to help communities pay for lead service line replacement by covering costs not fully paid for by federal grants. The Board approved these grants for Ogdensburg, Poughkeepsie, and Rochester.
- The State’s Water Infrastructure Improvement and Intermunicipal Grants: Proven vehicles for affordability that have saved over $7.2 billion for ratepayers statewide since 2017.
- Governor Hochul’s Green Resiliency Grants: Launched in 2023 to protect New Yorkers from the impacts of extreme weather. Two resiliency projects in New York City were approved to receive a combined $20 million, funded by the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022.
According to Governor Hochul, combining federal and State funding ensures every dollar goes further in modernizing aging infrastructure across the State protecting public health and the environment.
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