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\"Sidewalk<\/a>

Pictured, are various photos of the current sidewalk on Whig Street in Newark Valley. (Photos by Keri Blakinger)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sidewalk<\/a>\u201cIt\u2019s been a good year for Newark Valley and grants,\u201d said Mayor Jim Tornatore. Indeed, just weeks after being awarded a $100,000 grant for help with demolition of the Ladder Factory, the village got word that it will be receiving over $200,000 in funding for a sidewalk project on Whig Street.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 26, the village got a letter from the New York State Department of Transportation indicating that Newark Valley had been selected as a grant recipient through the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The TAP grants, which are federally funded, include an 80 percent reimbursement by the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), leaving the village to pay for the remaining 20 percent. Hunt Engineers estimates a total project cost of just over $265,000 for around 3,000 linear feet of sidewalk. In some places existing sidewalk will be replaced, while in other areas sidewalk will be installed for the first time.<\/p>\n

According to Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Oct. 27 announcement, the FHA will contribute $70 million toward sidewalk and trail project across the state. Out of the 68 grant recipients, Newark Valley is the only municipality in Tioga County. The village portion of the grant will be paid by property owners along the affected portions of Whig Street.<\/p>\n

Tornatore said that, given budgetary constraints, the money could not be paid as a tax and will instead be paid by Whig Street residents as a user fee. He explained, \u201cThe reason it couldn\u2019t be a tax is because this total project is around $260,000 and $212,000 is from the state. The difference is a little over $50,000 so the village could not come up with that in tax because we don\u2019t have that much in reserves and we have to deal with the tax cap.\u201d If the money were added as an expenditure in next year\u2019s village budget, Newark Valley would exceed the tax cap.<\/p>\n

Tornatore said that he had been wanting to do a sidewalk project for some time, but with the water project and the municipal building restoration project going on, a new sidewalk project had to take a back seat. He explained, \u201cAfter the water project was done we said, \u2018Well sidewalks have been very important to the village but yet physically there\u2019s a number of streets that can\u2019t have sidewalks — the ditches are too close or the houses are too close to the road.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

After some initial discussion, last spring Tornatore created a sidewalk subcommittee to evaluate the possibility of a sidewalk project. Sharon Weed, Bob Stevens, Sandy Carlin, Sindy Morse, and Laurie Boldis all volunteered their services for the subcommittee and, after looking into the matter, they decided that Whig Street was the best place to start on sidewalk improvements. Tornatore said that Whig Street is one of the town\u2019s busiest streets and added, \u201cA lot of the kids walk on Whig Street and it was felt that it was a matter of safety.\u201d Thus, the village decided to apply for the TAP grant they were ultimately awarded.<\/p>\n

Tornatore emphasized that the project will be good for the village as a whole, saying, \u201cI believe in walk-able communities. I think that no assessor ever adds to the assessed value because of sidewalks, but I believe it does improve the intrinsic value and footprint of the village.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt\u2019s been a good year for Newark Valley and grants,\u201d said Mayor Jim Tornatore. 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