WASHINGTON – Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has submitted his request for $2.4 million for the City of Poughkeepsie Market Street Connectivity project.
The money would be used to convert Market Street from one- to two-way traffic and provide a number of benefits, said Mayor Rob Rolison.
“One is the calming of the traffic flow, a different configuration of parking and also creating a bike lane as we are seeing the increase in walking and biking. We were seeking it even pre-pandemic and I think we are seeing it much more now because people want to be healthier,” he said.
Maloney is also seeking over $4.3 million for the first phase of a linear park along the east bank of the Hudson River between Beacon and Cold Spring. This phase would convert a two-acre area of state highway with a Metro-North train station into a safe, multi-modal park.
The congressman has also submitted requests for $4 million for the Newburgh landing pier, $1.5 million to build a transit hub at the Donald B. Smith Campus in Carmel, just under $1.4 million to widen and improve sidewalks and $2.5 million to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant, both in the Village of Kiryas Joel, $11.8 million for City of Middletown water system improvements, and $3 million to replace the CT scanner and purchase a linear accelerator at Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital.
