- Road Improvements - Otisville NYThe federal Work Projects Administration (WPA) worked to improve the roads in Mount Hope township in Orange County, New York. One project undertaken in 1940 was described as follows: "Improve Barlow, Ackerman, and Mountain Roads including excavating; grading; widening; installing culverts; shaping shoulders and ditches; laying base; surfacing." The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied a grant for another street improvement undertaking, providing a $9,998 grant for the project, whose total cost $22,360. Work occurred between between March and August 1936.