Canjo stimulus work planned for spring
$1M project will coincide with repaving of streetsBy MIKE ZUMMO, The Leader-Herald
CANAJOHARIE - Work on a federally funded downtown improvement project along the village's two busiest streets is expected to begin next spring and will coincide with a state repaving project, giving the village a fresh look for summer 2010.
Mayor Leigh Fuller said the project will include sidewalk, lighting and landscape improvements, including the addition of benches and trees. Work will be done from the dummy light on Church Street to the new bridge spanning the Mohawk River. The work on Main Street will begin in the Village Hall area and finish around the area of the Canajoharie Creek.
The work will be done by a state-hired contractor, village Superintendent of Public Works Timothy Jones said.
The village applied for the stimulus money last year and in April received word it had been awarded $1 million. Fuller said the area has been in need of some improvements.
"Both areas are very busy," Fuller said. "There's no question Route 10 is extremely busy, especially with the summer business coming in."
Fuller said the village plans to tie in the stimulus project with next year's "mill and fill" project being done by the New York State Department of Transportation on Route 5S and Route 10, which will repave both roads, making for a smoother drive through the village.
He said the village received a $500,000 grant for that.
"That also includes a park area west of the new bridge," Fuller said.
According to a news release from Gov. David Paterson's office, transportation improvement projects have cultural, aesthetic, historical and environmental significance and are estimated to create an estimated 84 jobs in the central New York area, which includes Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton counties.
The release also announced projects in Herkimer and Oneida counties.
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renuzit
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07-03-09 5:29 PM
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I hope a brewery replaces Beech Nut. It would be a great location. I guess if you make it beautiful they will come. Canajoharie is the prettiest town on the Mohawk River. It has culture, class, and beauty.
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usedtolivethere
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07-03-09 8:25 AM
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Nope,over half the nation was behind rooting out the Taliban in Afghanistan. Then we jumped to Iraq so we could.....wait, we never knew why we went into Iraq. WMDs, right, I forgot.
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rachelrae33
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07-03-09 7:46 AM
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Stratford: Half the nation was behind the Iraq War just like today, about half the nation is behind the current administration's policies. Where in the article does it say its going to be local workers? All the article says is there will be a "state hired contractor"..
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ve22gg
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07-03-09 5:42 AM
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Today's welfare queens are not women collecting undeserved benefits, they're companies like Beech-Nut taking taxpayer money
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stratford
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07-02-09 7:11 PM
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Hey at least it is local work. bush spent $500 grand a second invading iraq looking for WMD and the republicans could have cared less about that.
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LHReader
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07-02-09 4:00 PM
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What business(s) would come to Canjo in it's current shape? I doubt many. Will it work even w/ the pretty lights and tubs of flowers and fresh new sidewalks ?? Who knows !
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rachelrae33
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07-02-09 3:24 PM
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no town is in desparate need of new sidewalks. Canjo needs businesses not pretty lights and tubs of flowers paid for by our rock star president's stimulis plan.
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Discobulous
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07-02-09 3:01 PM
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The local government might also stop wasting money sueing Beechnut, which doesn't make other industries who might move in there exactly thrilled.
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LHReader
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07-02-09 2:03 PM
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You've got to clean up and make it look appealing to attract any new business'/ residents. Canjo is in desperate need of this $$ and probably much more.
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rachelrae33
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07-02-09 11:20 AM
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Great $500,000 of our tax money to fix sidewalks and streets in a dying town. How's that for dysfunctional gov't? Wouldn't it better to find businesses for Canjo. first? Is this "state hired contractor" even from the area?
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