Slaughter Delivers $20.2 Million for the 28^th District in Transportation Projects

Rep. Slaughter Joins Mayor Johnson, Rochester Community

Leaders at Press Conference to Announce Funding

Washington, DC - Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-Fairport), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, will hold a press conference concerning the project funds along with Mayor Bill Johnson, Councilman Adam McFadden, University of Rochester's President Joel Seligman, and Sector 4 Community Development Corporation Chairman Dana Miller.

$20.2M in the TEA-LU bill for the 28^th District.  $6.5 million of that total is for Monroe County projects, including $5.1 of which will be spent for City redevelopment efforts.  Over the past couple of years as TEA-LU has been passed in different forms, we've announced most of these projects, with the exception of Brooks Landing. 

The Brooks Landing Project is an $18M public/privately financed redevelopment that involves the construction of an 80-room hotel on the west side of the Genesee River, across from the University of Rochester. It also calls for the construction of a 20,000 to 25,000-square-foot mixed-use development building.  The U of R would be an anchor tenant in that building.  In addition, the construction of a new public pedestrian promenade on the waterfront will link to the existing river trail system and a new boat landing for Erie Canal tourists. The promenade will also connect to the intersection of Brooks Avenue and Genesee Street.  In this respect, the project is integral to the City's larger efforts to redevelopment the Genesee River and surrounding areas.