ALBANY – A $300,000 state grant will fund extension of water and sewer lines along the Kings Highway corridor to the Mt. Marion Firehouse in Saugerties, nearby homes and local businesses.
The grant, secured by Senator Michelle Hinchey, will fund a water infrastructure capital project that will extend clean drinking water and a sanitary sewer system from Industrial Drive South to the firehouse, connecting 14 homes, four businesses and the fire department to a municipal water supply for the first time.
To fund the project, the Ulster County Legislature matched Hinchey’s grant while the Saugerties Town Board and local residents contributed over $400,000 to the project, which is expected to begin in 2023.
Town Supervisor Fred Costello Jr. said the project “will provide our first responders with the tools they need when assisting the community during disaster emergency situations and allow homes and businesses to connect to municipal water functions.”
