Final bridge approval nears

From the Niagara Falls Review:

After nearly 20 years of often acrimonious debate, final approval for a new bridge across the upper Niagara River is just around the corner.

But there are a few more steps that need to be completed.

Ron Rienas, general manager of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, says he believes the agency will be in a position to submit a final environmental impact statement on the expansion project to U.S. regulatory authorities for approval by year’s end.

Before that happens, the same document will be submitted to the project’s partners, the Town of Fort Erie and the City of Buffalo, for their consideration.

“We’re hoping to have the (final environmental impact statement) in to the (municipalities) in September and a record of decision by the end of the year,” said Rienas.

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