Lockport authorizes local match for Market Street sewer grant request

The City of Lockport has authorized an application for state funding to support a proposed Market Street Sewer Improvement Project, but the council action does not mean the city has received a grant or approved construction.

Minutes from the Lockport Common Council’s July 22, 2026, meeting record resolutions allowing Mayor John Lombardi to sign an application under New York’s Water Infrastructure Improvement Act program. The proposed project is estimated to cost $11.206 million.

How the proposed funding would work

The resolution identifies a potential state grant of up to $2.8015 million. That amount represents 25% of net eligible project costs if the project qualifies under the state’s WIIA program.

The remaining proposed local share could reach $8.4045 million. The resolution makes that local match conditional on the city receiving grant funding and having funds available. It is not evidence that Lockport has adopted a final construction expenditure, issued debt, or committed the full amount.

New York’s 2026 WIIA application deadline was 4 p.m. on July 27, four days after the council minutes were dated. The reviewed records do not confirm whether Lockport submitted the application or whether the state has awarded funding.

Why Market Street sewer work is being considered

Information from the city’s Engineering Department identifies the Market Street area as the subject of wastewater planning work and points to combined-sewer issues among the infrastructure concerns being studied. The city has described the funding effort as part of an attempt to secure money for corrective work.

That context explains why the grant request matters to residents and property owners, but the available records do not establish a construction schedule, final design, expected road closures, sewer-service disruptions, assessments, or tax or utility-rate changes.

What Lockport residents should watch next

The next confirmed steps would be an application-submission notice, a state grant announcement, and a city financing or appropriation plan if funding is awarded. Later public records may also identify the final project scope, a construction timetable, contracts, and any neighborhood or traffic impacts.

For now, the July 22 council action positioned the City of Lockport to seek state assistance for Market Street sewer improvements. It did not establish that the project will proceed or that the proposed $11.206 million cost has become a final city obligation.

Sources

• Lockport Common Council minutes, July 22, 2026
• New York State EFC WIIA program