Parkway removal funds sought

From the Niagara Gazette: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., this week praised efforts by local transportation officials to push for funding needed to carry out a plan to remove the southern section of the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls. The accolades follow a decision earlier this month by representatives from the New York State…

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Section of parkway set to close, temporarily

From the Niagara Gazette: Area residents who frequently use the Robert Moses Parkway between Youngstown and Niagara Falls will find their driving habits changed for the next two months due to roadway work. Starting at noon Tuesday, the parkway will be closed between the Village of Lewiston and Devil’s Hole State Park until mid-November.

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Robert Moses Parkway future to be discussed

From the Niagara Gazette: The Parkway Preservation Committee, which is fighting to keep the north section of the Robert Moses Parkway open between Niagara Falls and Lewiston, will hold a brief meeting at 5:30 p.m. today [this was this past Monday] in the Lewiston village board room, 145 N. Fourth St., Lewiston. Former Lewiston Mayor…

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Plans call for section of Robert Moses to be removed

From the Niagara Gazette: One section of the Robert Moses Parkway will soon be no more. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, announced Monday that the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has confirmed that it will release a plan in June to remove the southern section of the controversial roadway…

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Schumer Puts Shoulder Behind Wheel To Remove Robert Moses parkway

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo: The Robert Moses Parkway has long been viewed by some as a “concrete moat” between the city and its riverfront, and thus an impediment to potential economic development. But for just as long, its proposed removal has been mired in red tape according Falls Mayor Paul Dyster. “Sometimes people…

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Robert Moses Parkway changes appear unlikely anytime soon

From the Buffalo News: With the summer tourist season fast approaching, the controversial Robert Moses Parkway between Niagara Falls and Lewiston appears likely to remain unchanged for the immediate future. The city’s Tourism Advisory Board has endorsed dismantling that section of the parkway, a committee chairman said last week. But the state Office of Parks,…

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Blogging to rescue Falls from its declineF

From the Buffalo News: Over the years, Daniel Davis grew increasingly disturbed and perplexed by the cycle of failed and displaced development initiatives, the flight of industry and the overall economic malaise that inevitably brought his hometown, brimming with so much potential, to its knees. But family and career responsibilities left him no time for…

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Rough road ahead for Robert Moses?

From the Niagara Gazette: More than 50 years ago, the Robert Moses Parkway served as a modern arterial shuttling motorists along the Niagara River offering sweeping views of the gorge rim and a direct road to the brink of the American Falls. It was built in a time when Niagara Falls was bustling, small villages…

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Moses Parkway poll supports compromise

From the Buffalo News: A significant majority of partisans on both sides of the issue agreed Tuesday that there is hope for a compromise on the future of the Robert Moses Parkway that would please some people but would anger others. An unscientific poll among 180 people at a meeting in the Earl W. Brydges…

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Moses still on meandering detour

From the Buffalo News: The Robert Moses State Parkway, hailed a half-century ago as a marvel of modern highway engineering that would give millions of motorists a new perspective of the Niagara River and its famous falls, may have become a road to oblivion. The objective was to provide a fast, efficient and safe way…

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