Utica, NY (WIBX) - A recent report by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that more than 40-percent of the State's roads and bridges are in poor and deteriorating condition despite $63 billion dollars spent on capital improvement projects in the last 10 years. DiNapoli said part of the problem is the haphazard approach to capital projects.

Spokesperson Emily DeSantis said, "The problem is the State is not doing a state-wide assessment and putting together a capital plan that looks at the state-wide needs and then makes priorities. What they're doing is focusing on short term needs rather than the long-term needs and they're leaving the State ill-prepared to meet its future capital plans." In Oneida County the effects are being felt with the recent closing of the Barnes Avenue bridge in Utica and several others in Rome due to deterioration.

According to the report the State is planning to spend nearly $47 billion dollars over the next five years to improve its infrastructure. Local officials would have to apply at the executive level to receive a portion of that money for their own capital improvement projects like the re-opening of Oneida County bridges.

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