{"id":18423,"date":"2017-01-03T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/?p=18423"},"modified":"2016-12-21T09:30:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:30:25","slug":"governor-announces-3-5m-for-parkway-removal-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/03\/governor-announces-3-5m-for-parkway-removal-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor announces $3.5M for parkway removal effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Niagara Gazette<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A $3.5 million payment for the final design phase of the Niagara Gorge Project has been approved by the New York Power Authority.<\/p>\n

The project includes the removal of 2 miles of expressway segments of the Niagara Scenic Parkway, and replacing it with a scenic trail network and smaller road for local traffic to enhance access to the waterfront and adjoining neighborhoods in Niagara Falls.\u201cThe Niagara Gorge is a natural wonder that, because of the former Robert Moses Parkway, has effectively been walled off to the public for far too long,\u201d Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement. \u201cThis action brings us one step closer toward finishing this project and increasing access to this scenic gem for Western New Yorkers and visitors alike.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems to take Niagara Falls, NY a very long time to get these sorts of projects approved, funded, and then completed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Niagara Gazette: A $3.5 million payment for the final design phase of the Niagara Gorge Project has been approved by the New York Power Authority. The project includes the removal of 2 miles of expressway segments of the Niagara Scenic Parkway, and replacing it with a scenic trail network and smaller road for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,54,2,27],"tags":[5823,2911,561,11582,10976,1164],"class_list":["post-18423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-niagara-falls-developments","category-niagara-falls-new-york","category-niagara-falls-news","category-niagara-falls-scenery","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-new-york-power-authority","tag-niagara-gazette","tag-niagara-gorge-project","tag-niagara-scenic-parkway","tag-robert-moses-parkway"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18424,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18423\/revisions\/18424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}