The push to knit together the East Buffalo neighborhoods divided by the Kensington Expressway continues to move forward as governments work to undo the damage caused in the 1950s and 1960s when highway construction came first and neighborhood needs came last.
In light of a $55 million federal grant to reconnect East Side communities, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the state Department of Transportation will hold two public hearings to update the community on what is being done to rejoin neighborhoods divided by Route 33 and to gather more input from local residents about what else they need to consider.
The meetings will be held June 20 at the Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway. The first session will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the second from 5 to 8 p.m.
“I believe that the public will be pleasantly surprised when they see how much of their input is reflected in our updates,” said Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes in a statement.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg decried the Kensington Expressway as a “gash through the community” Friday morning on a visit to Buffalo promoting a $55 million federal grant to help reconnect East Side neighborhoods.
The Route 33 project area stretches from Best to Sidney streets. In the…
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