$5 million in federal funds are coming to the City of Binghamton for work on Henry Street. 

Mayor Jared Kraham calling the street a vital commercial corridor.

With the funding, officials are hopeful the space around Mirabito Stadium will become a vibrant hub not just during the baseball season.

"Communities like Binghamton have sent more than their fair share to Washington," said Congressman Marc Molinaro. "We're able to redirect those dollars and return them to communities."

One of the biggest changes coming is improved storm water infrastructure to address the localized flooding.

"This is a region that had two 500 year floods in the last 20 years. These are the things that people care about," County Executive Jason Garnar said. 

Reconstruction plans also include:

  • Narrowing the travel lanes
  • Removing unneeded slip lanes
  • Addressing safety concerns like lack of lighting, crosswalks and ADA dropped curbs

The hope is to make this a space people visit year round. 

"It is the really the crux and the core of our stadium district master plan. We have to rebuild Henry Street," said Mayor Kraham. "We need to do things about traffic safety and make it better for pedestrians and drivers alike to be able to traverse this area very safely."

Mayor Kraham says they are currently in the design phase but plan to break ground next year.

The hope is the project will be done in one or two construction seasons and cost around eight to nine million dollars.