Leveraging the $800 million that Governor Hochul secured in the most recent state budget to augment the final two years of its five-year, $34.3 billion Capital Plan, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will invest more than $600 million in over 180 paving projects across the state to be completed next year. These projects are in addition to the paving initiatives already scheduled as part of NYSDOT’s core programs and taken together, represent the most ambitious annual road resurfacing agenda ever put forward by NYSDOT.

Construction Industry Council Executive Director John Cooney, Jr., stated, “All increases in investment for transportation repairs and improvements will pay huge dividends in road and bridge safety and better mobility for our residents and commerce. CIC thanks Gov. Hochul, NYS Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, NYS Senate Transportation Chair Jeremy Cooney, The NYS Senate, and Assembly for the $800 million leveraged through the current State Budget for the NYSDOT core program. This is a historic investment that helps NYSDOT begin to restore the original buying power of NYSDOT’s Five-Year Capital Plan that has been eroded by an unprecedented increase in construction material costs caused by inflation. The Hudson Valley serves as a vital link in New York State, bridging our upstate and downstate economies where every road, whether it’s a state road, a local road, or a county road, must be in good condition and fit for duty. The additional $121 million the Hudson Valley Region will soon receive from the program will advance 13 new projects and create thousands of living-wage jobs.”

There was widespread support from regional lawmakers to add hundreds of millions of dollars to the FY2026 state budget to fix roads and bridges—and adjust for escalating project costs caused by punishing inflation since 2022, Mr. Cooney noted.

“Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins made a pledge to New Yorkers to increase and restore the purchasing power for NYSDOT’s core highway and bridge construction projects. CIC thanks Sen. Stewart-Cousins and our delegates in the NYS Senate and Assembly for also adding to the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) for local road repairs.”

Mr. Cooney added, “We thank Gov. Hochul and Senate Majority Leader Cousins for keeping our roads high up on the priority list so that DOT can catch up with the years of deferred maintenance and repairs. We are now going forward with an infusion of meaningful and much-needed sustained investment.”

Jeff Loughlin, president of the Building & Construction Trades Council of Westchester & Putnam Counties, Inc., said, “This increased road funding is so important to both the contracting community and the hundreds of thousands of construction workers in our industry who are charged with keeping our transportation systems safe and reliable. What we do on these roads every day—meaning our great DOT workers and our professional contractors—is we repair and maintain them” added “This historic boost enables the DOT to get up to and ahead of the curve to realize the modern transportation that Gov. Hochul and the DOT envision.”

For the list of statewide projects, including those in the Hudson Valley, go to: www.governor.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/2026_Paving_Projects.pdf