Niagara County Awarded Nearly $5 million in BRIDGE NY Funding

Niagara County has been awarded nearly $5 million through the New York State BRIDGE NY program to support four projects across the county.

• $1.706 million for the replacement of the Route 271 bridge over Branch Jeddo Creek.
• $1.575 million for the replacement of the Carmen Road bridge over Golden Hill Creek.
• $784,000 for the replacement of the Balmer Road culvert carrying the tributary to Twelve Mile Creek.
• $867,000 for the replacement of the Ransomville Road culvert carrying the tributary to Twelve Mile Creek.

Garret Meal, Commissioner of the Department of Public works, said that the county would initiate survey and engineering design work this year for the projects with construction expected to begin on each project at some point in the next 12 to 18 months.