State leaders are making a push for federal funding for a study to address flooding along the coast of Lake Ontario.

Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have requested the Army Corps of Engineers fund a $9 million study that would manage the coastline and create a strategy for infrastructure.

Lake Ontario rose 30 inches during heavy rains last spring, while wind-driven waves pounded the shoreline causing widespread damage to infrastructure, homes and businesses.

“After the devastating Lake Ontario flood waters that eroded shorelines and inundated homes, businesses and infrastructure causing millions in damages, we need to bolster our Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River shoreline and make it more resilient against any future flooding,” Schumer says.

“This study by the Army Corps of Engineers is a critical first step to assess the vulnerabilities that exist and identify the measures that can be taken to protect the families, businesses and ecosystems along the shoreline,” Gillibrand says. I will continue to fight for whatever funding is necessary to ensure the safety of these communities and I urge all of my colleagues to join me in this effort.”

The Corps created a similar plan for making the Atlantic shoreline more resilient in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

Eight shoreline counties were declared disaster areas.