AGENCY TESTIMONY
DOT's responsibilities and capital plan overview
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Margaret Forgione outlines the extensive responsibilities of the Department of Transportation and provides an overview of DOT's substantial capital plan. She emphasizes the scope of their work and the financial commitment to improving New York City's infrastructure.
- Details DOT's responsibility for 63,100 miles of streets, 800+ bridges, 5 tunnels, and nearly 400,000 street lights
- Highlights DOT's $33.5 billion capital plan, with $5.7 billion dedicated to street reconstruction
- Outlines key priorities including safety enhancements, accessibility improvements, and infrastructure maintenance
Margaret Forgione
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DOT is responsible for operating and maintaining 63 100 miles of streets and highways.
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This includes maintaining roadways, curbs, and pedestrian ramps, over 800 bridges and 5 tunnels, nearly 400,000 street lights, and jurisdiction over 12,000 miles of sidewalk.
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DOT's $33,500,000,000 capital plan makes this work possible with 5,700,000,000 dedicated to DOT's capital street reconstruction program.
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This program advances a broad range of agency priorities, among them, enhancing safety conditions for all street users, increasing accessibility, improving pedestrian and cyclist connectivity and bus operations, keeping the road network in a state of good repair, and addressing flooding and ponding.