Bill > A00467

This bill amends the highway law to modify the requirements for how municipalities can undertake local street or highway projects using allocated funds. Specifically, the bill changes the threshold for competitive bidding from projects estimated to cost over three hundred thousand dollars to projects estimated to cost over one hundred thousand dollars but not exceeding seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. Under the proposed change, when a construction project falls within this dollar range, the municipality must either complete the work using its own workforce or contract the work through a competitive bidding process in accordance with section one hundred three of the general municipal law. For construction projects estimated to cost more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, the bill continues to mandate that the work must be performed by contract through competitive bidding. The bill will take effect thirty days after becoming law, and aims to provide more flexibility and potentially more competitive pricing for local infrastructure projects within a specific cost range.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A467