With the cost of building signature bridges these days rising faster than the pumps can handle, the Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council has arrived at a novel solution to close the gap: alter their Long-Range Transportation Plan to transform the Peace Bridge Expansion Project from one "financed with non-federal revenue sources" to one "funded with federal revenue sources."
 
It's only $90 Million now, but who knows, pretty soon --as Everett Dirkson would say-- we could be "talking real money."
 
Details downloadable here:
Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council
(GBNRTC) 2030 Long-Range Transportation Plan

or check out the GBNRTC Public Notice.
 
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Washington DC 20515
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Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds
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Rep. Louise M. Slaughter
2469 Rayburn House Office Building
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