Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - On the heels of a $54.5 million project to return cars to a section of lower Main Street in Buffalo, Rep. Brian Higgins Monday announced a $25 million federal grant that will transform the middle Main Street area from Goodell to Kensington Avenue.
The funding will rehabilitate the 2.5-mile stretch and transform the deteriorated 4-lane roadway into 3 lanes: one lane in each direction with a center turn lane. The new road design will include raised cycle tracks for bicycle travel as well as bump-outs, push buttons, countdown timers, and other measures to improve pedestrian crossing infrastructure. The project also maintains parking on both sides of Main Street and adds decorative lighting with LED bulbs.
"For every federal transportation dollar spent on infrastructure projects like this in Buffalo will result in four dollars of private sector investment," said Higgins.
The funding is provided through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity program.
Congressman Higgins and Mayor Byron Brown were recently joined by Senator Tim Kennedy and Assemblymember Crystal People-Stokes to announce $54.5 million in funding to continue the Cars Sharing Main Street project which stretches from the 700 Block of Main Street to Lower Main at Canalside.
