Route 9D sidewalk push stalls as funding partners decline

Trustees reported that the Route 9D sidewalk proposal—which village staff estimated at about $3,000,000—has run into repeated funding refusals. The DOT has agreed verbally to cover 15 percent of the local share (about $450,000), but other potential partners, including HHFT and the county, declined assistance. Marjorie said the village has exhausted typical public funding partners and is pursuing private 'hail‑Mary' options; without an outside partner to front funds the village lacks the cash-flow or bonding capacity to submit a competitive TAP application this round.