Nathan Mayberg reports in the Register Star Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced the state has allocated $9.4 million to fund road and bridge repair in Columbia County this year. The program will oversee the following repairs:

• Deck replacement for Route 23B bridge over Claverack Creek in the town of Claverack at a cost of $4.26 million


• Deck replacement for bridge on Route 20 over Wyomanock Creek in the town of New Lebnanon at a cost of $777,450


• Pavement preservation treatment on Route 66 from Claverack Creek to Route 203 at a cost of $2.016 million


• Pavement preservation on Route 9H, from Route 9 and 82 to Route 66 at a cost of $1.344 million


• Pavement preservation on Route 20 in Rensselaer County to begin at Route 22 overlap in Columbia County at a cost of $1.12 million

The projects are part of New York Works, a $1.2 billion program for infrastructure repairs throughout New York; 75 percent of the funds originate with the federal government. Read the full story in the Register Star.