NYSDOT invests $800M in 2026 road paving projects

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York State will be investing $800 million into statewide road resurfacing projects in 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday. The funding reportedly represents the largest New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) paving investment in history.

NYSDOT will be leveraging the historic investment from the current state budget. The funding comes on top of the department’s initial, more-than-$32-billion Capital Plan.

According to the governor, the additional money will facilitate 185 paving projects across the state. The almost 2,150 lane miles of resurfaced roads will be in addition to the paving initiatives already scheduled in NYSDOT’s core road and bridge programs, leading to a total of over 250 pavement renewal projects and more than 4,000 lane miles in 2026.

“New Yorkers will be seeing crews out there like never before next year, rejuvenating highways, enhancing the safety of the traveling public, and laying a solid foundation for economic development across the Empire State,” Hochul said.

10 of the newly added 185 paving projects will take place in the Capital Region, costing over $40 million and totaling 164 lane miles of resurfaced roads. 13 projects will also take place in the Mid-Hudson region, 15 in the Mohawk Valley and 28 in the North Country.

You can look below for the details of each Capital Region paving project. All regional projects can be found on the Governor’s Office website.

2026 Capital Region paving projects

• $12.5 million to resurface I-87 from Western Avenue to the Mohawk River in the town of Colonie, Albany County
• $890,120 to resurface Route 81 from Route 145 to the Greene County Line, town of Rensselaerville, Albany County
• $1.5 million to resurface Route 82 from Poole Hill Road to Woods Drive in the town of Ancram, Columbia County
• $7.7 million to resurface Route 22 from Route 23 to North of County Route 21 in the town of Hillsdale and from Route 20 to the Rensselaer County Line in the town of New Lebanon, Columbia County
• $950,000 to resurface Route 9J from Gibbons Road to the Rensselaer County Line in the town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County
• $2.1 million to resurface Route 81 from the Albany County Line to School House Road, town of Durham, Greene County
• $824,670 to resurface Route 9 from south of the Route 9/20 split to Route 150, town of East Greenbush, Rensselaer County
• $12.5 million to resurface I-87 from the Mohawk River to Exit 11 in the town of Clifton Park, Saratoga County
• $785,400 to resurface Route 9 from Route 149 to Norton Road, village of Lake George, Warren County
• $366,520 to resurface Route 22 from Archibald Street to East High Street, town of Salem, Washington County

“Infrastructure investments like these are foundational to the future of the New York that Governor Hochul is building, a future that is affordable, safe and healthy for all residents,” said NYSDOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez.