Robert Moses Parkway
Niagara Falls is one of America’s national treasures, drawing millions of visitors each year, but with the construction of the Robert Moses Parkway in the 1960s the New York Power Authority created both economic and physical barriers to Niagara Falls and arguably the greatest waterfront in the world. Almost immediately after assuming representation of the City of Niagara Falls in 2013, Brian called for removal of the parkway – a project which will soon be underway. Brian has long believed that removal of the parkway is essential to creating new access to the water’s edge and creating the potential for economic transformation of the region.
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) called the release of the Robert Moses North Design Report/Environmental Assessment a major milestone in removal of the elevated highway.
Days after welcoming the City of Niagara Falls into his reconfigured district, Congressman Brian Higgins stood at the water’s edge and laid out a strategy to help Niagara Falls reclaim its waterfront. Higgins reasoned removal of the Robert Moses Parkway was critical to the City’s future and the New York Power Authority was responsible for paying for it.
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) and City of Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster are calling on the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to move swiftly on approval of the Draft Design Report for the Niagara Gorge Corridor Project. The vital economic and community development project in the City of Niagara Falls is currently unnecessarily stalled.
In a letter to FHWA, Higgins presses the department to commence review of the lengthy Draft Design Report while a brief amount of field work awaits the spring thaw.
As the community gathered to participate in the federal review process for a project to remove the Robert Moses Parkway North Section, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) continued his call for swift action to fund the project and bring it to construction. The public session held this week is a requirement of the Federal Highway Administration as a component of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process.