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TARRYTOWN, NY – Representatives of the Hudson Valley region’s building and construction contracting community and union trades recently received a lengthy presentation from New York State Thruway Authority Executive Director Matthew J. Driscoll on the agency’s ongoing $1.9-billion capital program of projects to be let in the coming years.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Two major companies’ combined promised $120 billion in investments in New York State prompted President Joe Biden to visit the Hudson Valley earlier this month to tout the legislation that is driving this historic infusion of private capital—the $100-billion CHIPS and Science Act, which was passed by Congress earlier this year.

NEWBURGH – The New York State Bridge Authority announced on Sept. 30 the construction work that affected travelers crossing the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge finished early

For the life of all New Yorkers, we must approve the $4.2 billion in bonds to fund projects to improve water infrastructure, mitigate climate-change and to make other environmental improvements. New statistics show our health may even depend on it.

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Westchester County Executive George Latimer released on Oct. 13 a $662.5-million proposed Capital Budget, which includes $448.8 million for general county purposes, $200 million for the Refuse, Sewer and Water districts and $13.7 million for the Westchester County Airport.

On a construction project, the term “general contractor” is often thrown around rather loosely to refer to the one contractor at the top of the contractor pyramid; the contractor working most closely with the owner. However, those familiar with the industry know that construction managers often sit on top of that pyramid.

HARRISON NY – A project to build a new $138-million drinking water filtration plant on Westchester County-owned land at Westchester County Airport here has cleared a significant regulatory hurdle.

ALBANY – For those who were wondering if construction on a third lane on Route 17 in Orange and Sullivan counties would come—sooner or later—the answer is later.

TARRYTOWN, NY— Some 30 Professional Engineers attended the Construction Advancement Institute of Westchester & Mid-Hudson’s annual continuing education seminar on Oct. 19 at the Tappan Hill Mansion for a series of presentations under the banner of “Engineering – Knowledge, Innovation, Inspiration.”

HARRISON, NY—The Save the Sound environmental advocacy group and the Town/Village of Harrison have reached a collaborative agreement that would resolve Save the Sound’s Clean Water Act enforcement action filed in 2015 that stemmed from discharges of sewage from the municipality’s sanitary sewers due to deteriorating pipes.