Fredonia had its main state road paved this year. Dunkirk will get its turn next year.

Mayor Kate Wdowiasz announced at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting that Route 5, known as Lake Shore Drive in the city, will get repaved in 2026. She called it “very exciting, I know that will definitely be an added improvement to our waterfront and our business district. That was exciting news to get today.”

The state Department of Transportation confirmed the news in a Wednesday press release about funding of paving projects across New York in 2026. The Dunkirk repaving project got $1 million.

A pair of $2 million projects were the largest announced for Chautauqua County. One effort will resurface Route 60 from the Mill Creek bridge to the southern border of the village of Cassadaga. The other will resurface Route 426 from the Pennsylvania state line to Harrington Hill Road.

A fourth Chautauqua County project was listed: $1.2 million to overlay Route 394 from County Road 65 to the Cattaraugus County border.

The Dunkirk project will come three years after a DOT-backed revamp of Lake Shore Drive added pedestrian bumpouts and a center median planted with trees — but did not repave the road.

Meanwhile in Fredonia, DOT’s project to rework Route 20 looks close to completion. Paving is done, and it appears the main work left to be finished is painting lane and crosswalk markings. Temporary markings are etched into the pavement for now.