Highways Update July 2026

Good evening, ladies and Gentlemen

I’d like to take a moment to thank the men and women of the Highway dept. for their continued hard work and dedication.

Just wanted to remind those that haven’t done so yet sign up for the emergency alerts it is the best way to stay on top of road closures and other emergencies. 

I spoke to the contractor this morning Cimarron Rd Bridge project is moving along and on schedule. I ask residents to drive slow on Horton Hollow.

Milling and Blacktopping have started unfortunately due to the rise in prices I had to make the tough decision to not blacktop a few roads originally on our list, I am hoping prices are down next or maybe we can get more from NYS Chips.

Our Basins repair crew has repairing basins they will be out daily as we have several in need of repair. They repaired 78 YTD

Vac-ALL crew has been out cleaning basins in Lake Peekskill they have cleaned roughly 475 basins so far. This is taking a little longer then normally as we are finally transitioning into electronic reporting I’d like to thank Alison and the town board for finally getting this moving to where it should have been many years ago. Just I side note this was first discovered at a Biweekly meeting with consultants and mangers of several of the divisions of the town much Alison started having a few months ago so Thank you.

The phones at highway are monitored 24 / 7 and I ask residents with issues to call us and not post on Facebook as we don’t troll for complaints. 

I can always be reached in my Office 845-526-3333 on my cell 845-745 -0795 and SKEELER@PUTNAMVALLEY.GOV

162 Days till Christmas