Five Other Erie County Municipalities Also Receive Funding, Along with Neighboring Counties
ERIE COUNTY, NY— Erie County has been awarded $22.7 million in funding by the BRIDGE-NY initiative as part of more than $484 million in assistance awarded to communities across NYS. The funding will power 216 individual projects statewide, including seven Erie County bridge projects along with one project each in the cities of Buffalo and Lackawanna, one in the Town of Concord, one in the Town of Orchard Park, and one in the Town of Aurora. The funding, made possible through formulated funds from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, is intended to harden critical infrastructure and boost communities’ resilience to the effects of climate change.
“Bridge infrastructure is both critical and expensive, vital to our community and costly to repair. This funding from BRIDGE-NY will aid Erie County immensely in repairing our bridges and I thank Governor Hochul for this investment in public safety as well as President Biden and Congressional Democrats for passing the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act that made these improvements possible,” said Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz. “Climate change is a reality and is particularly hard on our infrastructure, which is out there taking a beating from Mother Nature and vehicle traffic every day of the year. Thanks to Governor Hochul, the WNY Region received the largest awards in this round of funding and residents and motorists in the municipalities receiving this aid will be happy to see these improvements taking place.”
Erie County bridge projects receiving BRIDGE-NY funding awards include:
• $2.888 million for the replacement of Glenwood East Concord Road (Route 30) bridge over Graff Brook;
• $3.752 million for the replacement of Glenwood East Concord Road (Route 30) bridge over Sprague Brook;
• $3.142 million for the superstructure replacement of Versailles Plank bridge over Big Sister Creek;
• $2.375 million for the replacement of Concord Road bridge over Spooner Creek;
• $3.928 million for the replacement of Bagdad Road bridge over Clear Creek;
• $4.057 million for the replacement of Ketchum Road bridge over North Branch Clear Creek; and
• $2.565 million for the replacement of Meahl Road bridge over Branch Murder Creek.
Erie County municipalities receiving BRIDGE-NY funding include:
• $4.697 million to the City of Buffalo for the replacement of Warren Spahn Way bridge over Cazenovia Creek;
• $1.491 million to the Town of Concord for the replacement of Ross Road bridge over Graff Brook;
• $1.831 million to the Town of Orchard Park for the replacement of Henning Drive bridge over Branch Smokes Creek;
• $2.288 million to the Town of Aurora for the replacement of Brooklea Drive bridge over Tannery Brook; and,
• $3.660 million to the City of Lackawanna for the replacement of Warsaw Avenue bridge over Smokes Creek.
The complete list of BRIDGE-NY awards can be seen here .
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