Senator Catherine Young (R-Olean)
ALBANY – Chautauqua County’s representative in the State Senate is taking the area’s pothole problems to Albany.
Senator Catharine Young (R-Olean) is joining local highway superintendents from across New York State in calling for increased funding for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program – also known as CHIPS. The CHIPS program is designed to alleviate the local tax burden by helping municipal governments meet costly infrastructure needs.
This year, communities – including Jamestown – will see minimal to no additional increase in CHIPS funding, which will make it especially difficult to repair damaged streets caused by what’s been a rough winter for area roadways.
In a media release, Senator Young said she is concerned about safety issues associated with potholes that are causing drivers to swerve on the road, and are blowing out tires.
CHIPS provides State funds to municipalities to support the construction, repair, and maintenance of highways, bridges, and roads that are not part of the State highway system. In last year’s State budget Senator Young and her Senate Republican colleagues led the charge to secure an additional $75 million in CHIPS funding.
This year, she is pointing to the thousands of miles of damaged roadways across the state and calling on her colleagues to once again provide additional road funding for local governments.
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