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Route 9D sidewalk push stalls as funding partners decline
Summary
Trustees said Route 9D sidewalk work, estimated at $3 million, failed to secure lead funding after several partners declined; DOT agreed verbally to cover 15% of the local share ($450,000) but the project remains short of the required forward funding and the village lacks bonding capacity.
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.
Board members said they could reapply in a future grant round but emphasized the current cycle’s March 15 deadline and the immediate need for either private financing or a partner willing to front the 80 percent reimbursable share. Absent a partner the item will not proceed in this application round.
