SYRACUSE — The City of Syracuse’s office of innovation is working with its departments of water and public works to examine where the city has had water-main breaks “where we believe we have had weaknesses,” Mayor Stephanie Miner said as she announced that her administration will use $10 million in state funding for local infrastructure […]
SYRACUSE — The City of Syracuse’s office of innovation is working with its departments of water and public works to examine where the city has had water-main breaks “where we believe we have had weaknesses,” Mayor Stephanie Miner said as she announced that her administration will use $10 million in state funding for local infrastructure improvement, maintenance, and repair projects.
The process will involve the use of maps and GIS (geographic-information system) to evaluate which Syracuse streets are “particularly bad,” said Miner.
The mayor announced the grant funding on July 23 at 121 Nelson St. in the Tipperary Hill section of Syracuse, where the city’s water department had equipment set up for routine maintenance on a hydrant line.
New York State Assemblyman William Magnarelli (D–Syracuse) secured the grant funding.
“We, every day, are faced with news of our deteriorating infrastructure largely, frankly, as a result of the age of our city,” Miner said in her remarks.
She added that the city’s infrastructure “has become a rallying cry for me,” noting the many water-main breaks that city crews have repaired in 2015.
Syracuse has had 251 water-main breaks so far this year, according to a news release on the topic from Miner’s office. In 2014, the city had a “record” 391 water-main breaks for the full year.
City officials will also use the data to “drive towards a system where we can efficiently use this money” to operate under a “dig once” policy, Miner said.
The work will target road and water-main reconstruction and other infrastructure that crews find in the ground, she added.
“The goal is to use this money to leverage other money from the state, perhaps federal government and local government as well, to make sure that we can have as much reconstruction-infrastructure design built as possible,” said Miner.
Crews won’t handle any new construction with funding from the grant during this construction season, Miner added.
Syracuse will use some of the funding for new technology as well, said Miner.
She talked about technology that Boston and cities in Japan are using for similar problems.
They drop sensors into water mains to measure their exteriors for “potential weaknesses, so city crews can conduct preventive maintenance.
“The most expensive maintenance you can do is when it’s already broken,” said Miner.
It’s “obvious” that the city of Syracuse has “infrastructure needs,” Magnarelli said in his remarks at the Thursday morning event.
“I hope it also lets people know, especially in Syracuse, that state government is there; that we are looking for ways to help; and that we will be advocating for more infrastructure monies, not only now but in the future as we go on,” he added.
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SYRACUSE — The City of Syracuse’s office of innovation is working with its departments of water and public works to examine where the city has had water-main breaks “where we believe we have had weaknesses,” Mayor Stephanie Miner said as she announced that her administration will use $10 million in state funding for local infrastructure improvement, maintenance, and repair projects.
The process will involve the use of maps and GIS (geographic-information system) to evaluate which Syracuse streets are “particularly bad,” said Miner.
The mayor announced the grant funding on July 23 at 121 Nelson St. in the Tipperary Hill section of Syracuse, where the city’s water department had equipment set up for routine maintenance on a hydrant line.
New York State Assemblyman William Magnarelli (D–Syracuse) secured the grant funding.
“We, every day, are faced with news of our deteriorating infrastructure largely, frankly, as a result of the age of our city,” Miner said in her remarks.
She added that the city’s infrastructure “has become a rallying cry for me,” noting the many water-main breaks that city crews have repaired in 2015.
Syracuse has had 251 water-main breaks so far this year, according to a news release on the topic from Miner’s office. In 2014, the city had a “record” 391 water-main breaks for the full year.
City officials will also use the data to “drive towards a system where we can efficiently use this money” to operate under a “dig once” policy, Miner said.
The work will target road and water-main reconstruction and other infrastructure that crews find in the ground, she added.
“The goal is to use this money to leverage other money from the state, perhaps federal government and local government as well, to make sure that we can have as much reconstruction-infrastructure design built as possible,” said Miner.
Crews won’t handle any new construction with funding from the grant during this construction season, Miner added.
Syracuse will use some of the funding for new technology as well, said Miner.
She talked about technology that Boston and cities in Japan are using for similar problems.
They drop sensors into water mains to measure their exteriors for “potential weaknesses, so city crews can conduct preventive maintenance.
“The most expensive maintenance you can do is when it’s already broken,” said Miner.
It’s “obvious” that the city of Syracuse has “infrastructure needs,” Magnarelli said in his remarks at the Thursday morning event.
“I hope it also lets people know, especially in Syracuse, that state government is there; that we are looking for ways to help; and that we will be advocating for more infrastructure monies, not only now but in the future as we go on,” he added.
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SYRACUSE — The City of Syracuse’s office of innovation is working with its departments of water and public works to examine where the city has had water-main breaks “where we believe we have had weaknesses,” Mayor Stephanie Miner said as she announced that her administration will use $10 million in state funding for local infrastructure […]
SYRACUSE — The City of Syracuse’s office of innovation is working with its departments of water and public works to examine where the city has had water-main breaks “where we believe we have had weaknesses,” Mayor Stephanie Miner said as she announced that her administration will use $10 million in state funding for local infrastructure improvement, maintenance, and repair projects.
The process will involve the use of maps and GIS (geographic-information system) to evaluate which Syracuse streets are “particularly bad,” said Miner.
The mayor announced the grant funding on July 23 at 121 Nelson St. in the Tipperary Hill section of Syracuse, where the city’s water department had equipment set up for routine maintenance on a hydrant line.
New York State Assemblyman William Magnarelli (D–Syracuse) secured the grant funding.
“We, every day, are faced with news of our deteriorating infrastructure largely, frankly, as a result of the age of our city,” Miner said in her remarks.
She added that the city’s infrastructure “has become a rallying cry for me,” noting the many water-main breaks that city crews have repaired in 2015.
Syracuse has had 251 water-main breaks so far this year, according to a news release on the topic from Miner’s office. In 2014, the city had a “record” 391 water-main breaks for the full year.
City officials will also use the data to “drive towards a system where we can efficiently use this money” to operate under a “dig once” policy, Miner said.
The work will target road and water-main reconstruction and other infrastructure that crews find in the ground, she added.
“The goal is to use this money to leverage other money from the state, perhaps federal government and local government as well, to make sure that we can have as much reconstruction-infrastructure design built as possible,” said Miner.
Crews won’t handle any new construction with funding from the grant during this construction season, Miner added.
Syracuse will use some of the funding for new technology as well, said Miner.
She talked about technology that Boston and cities in Japan are using for similar problems.
They drop sensors into water mains to measure their exteriors for “potential weaknesses, so city crews can conduct preventive maintenance.
“The most expensive maintenance you can do is when it’s already broken,” said Miner.
It’s “obvious” that the city of Syracuse has “infrastructure needs,” Magnarelli said in his remarks at the Thursday morning event.
“I hope it also lets people know, especially in Syracuse, that state government is there; that we are looking for ways to help; and that we will be advocating for more infrastructure monies, not only now but in the future as we go on,” he added.
