A contractor hired by the City of Buffalo is replacing a sidewalk under a Swan Street railroad bridge that was in such disrepair and full of debris that pedestrians had to walk in the street.
The Buffalo News published an investigative story June 19 about conditions at that railroad bridge underpass and others like it in neighborhoods on the city’s East Side and in South Buffalo.
In the poorer neighborhoods of East and South Buffalo, the conditions under railroad bridges seem worse when compared to the well-maintained underpass sidewalks in more prosperous neighborhoods.
The article noted that one stretch of crumbling sidewalk under the bridge was in such bad shape pedestrians were not allowed to use it. A steel-barred barricade displayed a sign stating, “SIDEWALKS CLOSED, NO TRESPASSING.”
Buffalo’s public works commissioner said Friday that the repairs to the Swan Street bridge underpass, between Jefferson Avenue and Seymour Street, had been scheduled before The News…
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