Rep. Jehan Gordon announced last night at our Board of Trustees meeting, that the Village would be receiving $635,000.00 for the Prospect Road work, through the State Capital Improvements fund. In other words, it will be paid for, virtually 100% with the grant. This amount of money, obviously, is huge. It will give us a head start on more projects for next fiscal year, including doing the lower part of Prospect Road, along with (hopefully) several drainage issues we have throughout the Heights.
We really cannot thank Rep. Gordon enough. She has been attentive and concerned with our needs, and we've all been very pleased with her "service" for us. Particularly in these difficult economic times, we truly appreciate all of the help and guidance she has given to the Heights. We're doing pretty well economically, but as I've discussed before, the costs of maintaining our infrastructure will continue to exceed our ability to raise revenues. That's the nature of the beast. So, we can either turn a blind eye to our infrastructure needs (not acceptable), or do all that we can to attempt to increase our revenues in the coming years.
The grant could not have come at a better time. It's been around 20 years since Prospect Road has been milled and overlaid... it's time.
Again, THANK YOU, REP. GORDON!
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