Troy Gets Sea Wall Funding

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published February 29, 2016 at 4:44 PM EST

The city of Troy is getting more federal funding to shore up its seawall.

Mayor Patrick Madden announced Monday that $12.8 million in federal funding has been awarded to Troy to finance the city’s Seawall Stabilization project. The funding was made available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for use toward improvements to approximately 7,750 linear feet of seawall downtown.

Project upgrades include new steel and concrete additions to the bulkhead to strengthen the structural integrity of the seawall, which will protect nearby structures and sewer infrastructure systems from potential breaches. This is the second installment of funding awarded by FEMA for seawall reconstruction and repair operations.

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Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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