(GLEN COVE, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D – Glen Cove) applauded the Rules Committee’s unanimous approval of $220,000 in additional funding for a vital sewer project in Glen Cove.
Minority Leader DeRiggi-Whitton, the ranking member of the Rules committed, joined her colleagues in voting on Wednesday, Nov. 20 to add $220,000 to the maximum of County’s contract with LiRo Program and Construction Management for construction management services related to the Glen Cove Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Dewatering Project, bringing the contract maximum to $1,761,750.36.
“Sound and reliable sewer infrastructure is essential for the preservation of Glen Cove’s public health, economic vibrancy and quality of life,” Minority Leader DeRiggi-Whitton said. “I am glad that my colleagues took this important step toward ensuring that these vital improvements to the Glen Cove Wastewater Treatment Plan are completed as expeditiously and effectively as possible.”
The Rules committee’s action marks the latest in a series of infrastructure projects across District 11, including drainage work and improvements near North Shore High School in Glen Head spanning Glen Cove Avenue’s intersections with Club Road, Plymouth Drive South, and Harbor Way; milling and repaving work on Scudders Lane from Glenwood Road to Glen Cove Avenue in Glen Head/Roslyn Harbor; West Shore Road in Port Washington, Glen Cove Avenue in downtown Glen Cove, and Duck Pond Road in Glen Cove.
Earlier this year, Rules signed off on nearly $15 million in contracts for sewer system upgrade. The work encompasses the full rehabilitation of the for the Knott Drive (Glen Head), Morgan Park, Viola Drive (both Glen Cove) and Roslyn pump stations, the conversion of the Knott Drive ejector station into a submersible pump station, and construction management services related to the Harwood Ejector Station and Southridge Pump Station improvement projects in Glen Cove.