CONSOLIDATED LOCAL STREET AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CHIPS)

CHIPS provides State funds to municipalities to support the construction and repair of highways, bridges, highway-railroad crossings, and other facilities that are not on the State highway system.

The authorization for the CHIPS Program is contained in Section 10-c of the State Highway Law. Funds are apportioned to municipalities annually by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) pursuant to a formula specified in this section of the Law.

Upon approval of the State Budget, NYSDOT determines each municipality's final CHIPS Capital apportionment for the new State fiscal year and notifies them of the available amount via the letter for the scheduled June payment and a posting to the Capital Apportionment Balances link on the CHIPS website.

The enacted SFY 22-23 CHIPS budget can be found here.

PAVE NY

The PAVE-NY Program provides State funds to municipalities to support the rehabilitation and reconstruction of local highways and roads. PAVE-NY follows all the programmatic and reimbursement requirements of CHIPS, with one exception, eligible project activities are limited to Highway Resurfacing and Highway Reconstruction.

The enacted SFY 22-23 PAVE-NY Budget can be found here.

EXTREME WINTER RECOVERY (EWR)

The EWR Program provides State funds to municipalities to support the construction and repair of highways, bridges, highway-railroad crossings, and other facilities that are not on the State highway system.

The enacted SFY 22-23 EWR Budget can be found here.

PAVE OUR POTHOLES (POP)

A new state funding initiative enacted in the SFY 2022-23 Budget apportions $100 million annually to assist municipalities with the rehabilitation and reconstruction of local highways and roads.

The enacted SFY 22-23 POP Budget can be found here.

STATE TOURING ROUTE PROGRAM

Funds are apportioned to cities, towns, and villages based on the total number of signed touring route miles for which such municipality has capital maintenance responsibility, as determined pursuant to the most recent local highway inventory conducted by the Highway Data Services Bureau of the NYS Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).

The enacted SFY 22-23 State Touring Route Program Budget can be found here.

BRIDGE NY

On 12/15/21, Governor Hochul announced the award of $216.2 million ($16.3M in Western New York Region) in enhanced assistance for 88 local governments to rehabilitate and replace bridges and culverts in every region of the State. This funding, provided through the State's BRIDGE NY initiative, supports projects that reduce the risk of flooding, improve resiliency of structures, facilitate regional economic competitiveness and prioritize projects that benefit environmental justice communities.

GBNRTC MPO Area ($12.649)

  • $1.159 million to the City of Buffalo (Erie County) for the replacement of the South Park Loop bridge over South Park Lake

  • $1.677 million to Erie County Department of Public Works for the replacement of the Sharp Street bridge over Spring Brook

  • $1.511 million to the Village of Akron (Erie County) for the replacement of the State Street bridge over Murder Creek

  • $1.0 million to the Village of Lancaster (Erie County) for the culvert lining replacement of the Downtown Village Block; Aurora Street to Central Avenue culvert carrying Plum Bottom Creek

  • $864,000 to the Town of Aurora (Erie County) for the replacement of the Church Street culvert carrying Tannery Brook

  • $799,000 to the Town of Aurora (Erie County) for the replacement of the East Filmore Avenue culvert carrying Tannery Brook

  • $1.0 million to the Town of Orchard Park (Erie County) for the replacement of the Dennis Road culvert carrying the East Tributary to South Branch of Smokes Creek

  • $941,000 to the Town of Evans (Erie County) for the replacement of the Derby Road culvert carrying Pike Creek

  • $653,000 to the Village of Depew (Erie County) for the replacement of the Marrano Drive culvert carrying the tributary to Scajaquada Creek

  • $828,000 to Niagara County for the replacement of the East Canal Road bridge

  • $1.311 million to the Town of Somerset (Niagara County) for the replacement of the Hartland Road bridge over Fish Creek

  • $930,000 to Niagara County for the replacement of the Hess Road culvert carrying the tributary to Keg Creek

Additional information is available at: www.dot.ny.gov/bridgeny.

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ACTION PLAN (PSAP)

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) released its first-ever New York State Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (PSAP) in June of 2016. The five-year, multi-agency plan takes a three-pronged approach to improve pedestrian safety. It will be implemented cooperatively by NYSDOT focusing on engineering improvements, the State Department of Health producing public education and awareness campaigns, and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee coordinating increased law enforcement. Funding for the plan’s implementation is supported through the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding and State sources.

The PSAP calls for a systemic approach to address widespread pedestrian safety issues and minimize crash potential by implementing low-cost countermeasures throughout the roadway network, both local and state jurisdictions. NYSDOT has begun pedestrian safety improvements on state-owned roadways at approximately 2,000 uncontrolled crosswalks (no signals or stop signs) and 2,400 signalized intersections. The PSAP also includes $40 million of federal HSIP funds to implement systemic pedestrian safety projects on local urban roads and streets. Projects funded pursuant to this call for pedestrian projects are eligible to receive up to 100% federal HSIP funding.

In October of 2017, a call for local projects went out to municipalities within the 2010 US Census defined Urban Boundary. The following projects were selected and were added to the TIP:

  • PIN 5762.66 City of Buffalo PSAP $2.044M

  • PIN 5762.67 City of Niagara Falls PSAP $0.768M

  • PIN 5762.68 Town of Amherst PSAP $0.300M

  • PIN 5762.69 Town of Cheektowaga PSAP $ 0.303M

  • PIN 5762.70 Erie County PSAP $0.349M

  • PIN 5762.71 City of N. Tonawanda PSAP $0.375

  • PIN 5762.73 Town of Tonawanda PSAP $0.315

Total to MPO Region: $4.458M