ANNOUNCING Port North Wins 4 Grants (July 2005)

You’ll see the work begin shortly. Port Washington North is on the move. Under the leadership of Mayor Bob Weitzner, the Village has submitted and won four State Grants bringing the Village a total of $725,000-plus to build for our waterfront park, build a GIS database for the Building Department and make Shore Road a safer, more beautiful thoroughfare for the peninsula.

For Bay Walk Waterfront Park, a total of $550,000 in Land Water Conservation Fund Grants were awarded to the Village by the NYS Department of State ($300,000) and the NYS Parks Department ($250,000).

The NYS SARA (State Achieves Records Administration) has awarded the Village approximately $25,000 to build a computer GIS (geographic information system) mapping system to link building department records to a GIS map.

The NYS Dept. of Transportation award of $280,000 under the Local Safe Streets and Traffic Calming Program is for a Port North grant entitled: A Safer Shore Road For The Residents Of The Port Washington Peninsula. As the planning and engineering of the Shore Road grant enters its final stage, anticipate work to begin by summer’s end.

Planning for the Bay Walk Park was done under a previous grant and first phase construction should begin this fall. In both cases, the Village has worked closely with the Town and neighboring municipalities, but Port North took the lead and won the competitive grants for the improvements that will get underway shortly. Smile as you go by!