State to fund county projects

Lawmakers have secured $11.3 million in this year's state budget for Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Ontario, and Monroe Counties.

The state budget will reduce taxes by $.7 billion and reform the State's welfare system.

Wayne County will receive $1.6 million in funding for the following projects:

$1.5 million for the Finger Lakes Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance.

$40,000 to the Erie Canal Cultural Center (ECCC) to assist with the development of a 3200-square foot portion of the ECCC facility.

$25,000 to the Town of Lyons for general repairs.

$10,000 for the Town of Rose to assist in the construction of the Galen/Wolcott Road Water Transmission Main.

$7500 for the Wayne County Humane Society to assist in providing additional equipment at its Lyons facility.

$5000 each to the public libraries in Sodus, Red Creek, Rose, Walworth, Wolcott and Williamson, for the purchase of new materials.

$10,000 to the International Freshwater Resource Center for a feasibility study of Indoor Aquaculture at the Old Malt House in Sodus Point.

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