Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez stood in Plattsburgh on Tuesday to announce $100 million in harsh-winter paving funds for New York State, with $11.6 million of that pot earmarked to repave 79 lane miles across the North Country.
The announcement came via a NYSDOT post
describing the commissioner's press conference as it happened, alongside a transcript detailing where the North Country money is headed. Essex County is set to receive $1.97 million for State Route 9 between Stowersville Road and Trout Pond Road in the Town of Lewis, plus $628,000 for State Route 22 between State Route 74 and State Route 9N in the Town of Ticonderoga, according to the same NYSDOT materials.
Where the Rest of the $11.6 Million Is Going
St. Lawrence County is in line for $1.1 million to repave Route 37 between State Route 56 and State Route 420 in the Town of Louisville and Village of Massena.
Franklin County is set to get $879,000 for State Route 30 between the Hamlet of Wawbeek and the Fish Creek Ponds Campground in the Town of Santa Clara. Jefferson County's listed work includes $315,000 for State Route 342 from State Route 11 to the CSX Railroad overpass.
Lewis County also has paving projects on the list.
A Bigger Statewide Picture, With Some Fuzzy Math
The North Country money is a slice of a much larger statewide paving push for 2026, though the total price tag depends on who's doing the counting. The Democrat and Chronicle reported that Governor Kathy Hochul secured $800 million to cover an estimated $600 million in project costs, with more than 180 paving projects planned across every region of the state. Meanwhile, the governor's own website describes a nearly $1.2 billion investment covering more than 250 pavement renewal projects and over 4,000 lane miles statewide, and News10 separately cited 185 paving projects covering almost 2,150 lane miles. The figures don't line up cleanly, and it's not clear from the available information whether they're measuring different funding streams or project scopes.
For comparison, the Finger Lakes region's planned 2026 paving work covers 359 lane miles at an estimated cost of $46 million, according to the Democrat and Chronicle's reporting — a useful yardstick for sizing up the North Country's 79-lane-mile, $11.6 million share.
More Projects Already on the Books for Clinton and Franklin Counties
The Tuesday announcement isn't the only North Country paving work in the pipeline. The Peru Gazette previously reported on a separate planned project to spend $3.1 million resurfacing I-87 from the Beekmantown Rest Area to Exit 41 in the Town of Chazy, also in Clinton County. The outlet also detailed a $2.3 million plan for Route 30 between the Village of Malone and the Canadian border in Franklin County, and a $2.2 million plan for Route 9N from Route 74 to Burn Baughn Road in Ticonderoga.
