area only, leaving the Tioga side as decrepit. In October 1961, the Tioga County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution requesting that the state reconstruct the section within the county, as well as take over maintenance. The county requested it because they did not have the money to be able to reconstruct the road itself. As part of the resolution, the road would be constructed to state standards. In November, the NYSDPW sent a letter to the county stating that due to low Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts (950 cars a day), the state decided it was not beneficial to maintain the Tioga County section. The state said it also had other priorities to focus on that were of higher importance than reconstruction of NY 38B. In July 1965, the county revisited the idea of rebuilding their section of NY 38B. The Board of Supervisors noted that the construction could be funded with Federal Aid Secondary Highway Funds. By doing so, the state would be required to do the reconstruction project, while the county would maintain the section afterwards. In May 1966, the county, along with several towns along the alignment, lobbied again to have the state takeover maintenance of the Tioga County section. The NYSDPW responded by stating that NY 38B would become a priority by Fall 1966, when they wrap up other important projects. They stated that the county would be responsible for acquiring a new right-of-way for the road while the state would consider taking over the road on a permanent basis. In August, the county offered the timetable that the reconstruction project would be done by 1968. In January 1967, NY 38B was added to the state project list for the 1967–68 fiscal year. By this point, the county-maintained alignment was cracking and sinking in several locations, as well as some erosion. In April, it was announced that design plans would be complete by August 1 for the reconstruction. In November, the Governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller announced that bids would open on December 14 for the reconstruction project, costing $2.985 million (1967 USD). In January 1968, the state announced that the contract went to the Triple Cities Construction Company of Binghamton. The $2,311,510 job would involve rebuilding the section in Tioga County with new wide roadway with shoulders. This would replace the old alignment, which only had of roadway. The project would also