OCTOBER 2021 • LONGISLANDPRESS.COM 31
The Road (Report) to Smart
Become a "Tech Talker” and get any Tech questions answered, Infrastructure Investments
answer a question, share tech info, or just follow the group.
��������������������������������������������������������������
Visit www.LISTnettalk.com to join or search
��������������������������������������������������
for LISTnet Tech Talk on Facebook.
����������������������
Invite your friends to also join.
Our roads need work.
Plain and simple. Our
highways and bridges desperately
require updates,
and our water infrastructure
needs a complete
overhaul. While everyone
is aware of these issues,
the Long Island Contractors’
Association believes
sound infrastructure investments
sustain economic
prosperity for our
communities and the entire
region. Furthermore,
as recent data shows, Suffolk
and Nassau rank 1st
and 3rd respectively in vehicle
related fatalities. As
a matter of safety, we cannot
wait to update our unsafe
highways and roads.
We need a guide for proper
infrastructure investments.
So, we decided to provide
a tool to help.
As policymakers and local
municipalities begin
to deliberate budgets for
investments for our aging
infrastructure, we hoped
to provide some valuable
insight. So we created the
“Long Island Local Road
Investment Analysis: 2016-
2020” report using our expertise.
The report is designed to
assist in reaching responsible
investment choices
as budgets are considered
and deliberated.
To create this report,
we went straight to the
source, data each municipality
submitted to the Office
of the New York State
Comptroller from the last
five years. Then, after analyzing
comparable fiscal
line items for the local
governments, we incorporated
data from the New
York State Department of
Transportation and the
US Census.
We anticipate many
more big jobs to come to
Long Island, especially
if Washington can send
the bi-partisan, $1.2 trillion
infrastructure bill to
President Biden’s desk. We
need those investments to
continue revitalizing our
economy and make longterm
fixes to our crumbling
system while keeping
families traveling
across Long Island safe.
If and when that money
does come to Long Island,
we will be ready for the
work ahead. The beauty of
this report lies in its simplicity.
We highlight average
investment per resident,
as well as average
investment per lane mile.
That breakdown will provide
lawmakers the exact
details they need to make
the critical decisions on
how best to utilize infrastructure
investments.
For example, if you live
in the Village of Westbury
and are one of 15,351 residents,
we now know your
investment cost. The fiveyear
average investment
was $128.04 per resident
and a strong $15,980 per
lane mile. Live in the
Town of Riverhead? For
the 33,469 residents, this
report shows a $38.91 investment
per resident and
only $3,123 per lane mile.
Not so good.
We don’t need to guess
what regions need the
most critical investments.
The “Long Island Local
Road Investment Analysis”
has done the work for
us. Now, we need our duly
elected leaders to read it
and to act.
Join LISTnet’s Tech Talk
www.listnet.org
Any questions call
Peter or Paul at
631-224-4400
/LONGISLANDPRESS.COM
/www.listnet.org
/www.LISTnettalk.com
/www.LISTnettalk.com
/www.listnet.org
