The 2018 Regional Economic Development Council awards were announced, of which $68.3 million is going towards projects on Long Island. You can read more about the 2018 REDC awards here.
Only one transportation-related project was funded this year, with a $1 million grant going to the Village of Patchogue for the construction of a new public parking garage in downtown Patchogue to meet overall downtown development needs. Last year, $1.7 million was awarded for the construction of a parking garage in downtown Huntington, $650k for the renovation of the transportation facility at Islip Airport, $10k for a strategic parking plan for downtown Riverhead, and $112.5k to support the summer North Fork trolley loops).
In addition to the parking garage in Patchogue, $100k was awarded to four municipalities for the progression of various studies or strategic plans to support downtown development and/or transit oriented development. $25,000 each was awarded to the Town of Huntington to develop a strategic plan to enhance the Huntington Station area, the Town of Riverhead to develop a plan to support transit oriented development near Riverhead station, the Town of Smithtown for a visioning study of downtown St. James, and the Village of Brightwaters for the creation of a downtown master plan.
