City of Batavia

NY Route 5 - Main Street Reconstruction

 

 

 

How will the project be funded?

 

 

The project is being funded by State and Federal transportation funds. This funding may only be applied to transportation improvements relative to motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, drainage and associated landscaping and streetscaping improvements.

 

 

What about utility relocation costs?

 

 

There are two types of utilities: municipally-owned utilities, such as water and sewer and privately-owned utilities, such as gas, electric and telephone.

 

The cost of relocating municipally-owned utilities that are in conflict with the proposed highway-related improvements are paid for with the State and Federal transportation funds allocated to the project. This does not include utilities in need of repair, replacement or upgrading that otherwise are not in conflict with the proposed highway-related improvements. The cost of relocating private utilities in conflict with the proposed improvements is paid for by the private utility owner.

 

 

What about relocating aerial lines underground?

 

 

The cost of relocating aerial services to underground is borne by the requesting agency (i.e., the agency requesting that the lines be relocated underground). In accordance with the Public Service Commission regulations, each individual affected customer must bear the cost of modifying their service(s) to accommodate the overhead to underground relocation.

What other costs are not included under the project?

A Municipality may choose to add other improvements to the project that are desired by the community or the Municipality, and make sense to implement during construction of the State and Federally-funded highway projects, rather than waiting until after project completion and possibly disturbing new pavement or sidewalks. These additional improvements are called betterments and cannot be paid for by the project's State or Federal transportation funding. Therefore, they must be funded by a local Municipality or involved agency. Some examples of betterments include:

 

  • Road, street, or sidewalk construction beyond the project limits.
  • Installation of new utilities or services where none previously existed.
  • Replacement of Municipally-owned utilities that are NOT in conflict with the project, but are in need of repair or replacement.
  • Upgrading Municipally-owned utilities that are in conflict with the project. (The cost of replacement is included under the project. However, the cost difference between upgrading and replacing the utility in kind is paid for by the Municipality).