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Buffalo Residents Weigh Infrastructure Upgrades Across City Neighborhoods
Community members in areas like the Masten District and near the Kensington Expressway are seeing direct effects from announced road, bridge and waterfront work.
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Mayor Christopher P. Scanlon announced a $17 million investment to mill and pave more than 190 streets across Buffalo as part of the 2025 repaving program, with work already underway in the Masten District.
These projects arrive together with other state and federal commitments that target long-standing needs in transportation and waterfront access. Residents in multiple neighborhoods now face construction timelines that will change daily travel and open new connections to the waterfront.
Street and bridge work reaches local neighborhoods
The repaving program covers more than 190 streets citywide. Milling and paving crews have started in the Masten District. Separate construction on a $9.9 million project to rehabilitate three Erie County bridges, including the Fillmore Avenue and Grider Street bridges over the Kensington Expressway, began recently and is scheduled to finish by the end of 2025.
These repairs address aging infrastructure that serves East Side and central city routes. Drivers and pedestrians in those corridors will see lane shifts and detours during the work periods.
Waterfront and greenway projects advance with new funding
Governor Kathy Hochul accelerated four waterfront projects-Wilkeson Pointe, Bell Slip, the Gateway Building at Canalside, and the Buffalo Riverwalk-with $54.2 million in advanced funding, moving some timelines forward by up to three years. Over $10 million in federal funding supports the 1.5-mile, 40-acre Riverline Project to create a greenway linking downtown Buffalo to the waterfront and adding bike and electric bus infrastructure.
Uniland and the City of Buffalo also finalized a public-private partnership for a $92 million Department of Public Works Campus and Resiliency Center on Bailey Avenue focused on fleet electrification and emergency operations. Residents near Bailey Avenue and along the planned greenway corridor will experience changes in access and new public spaces once complete.
The combined investments total more than $183 million across the listed projects. City and state agencies have not released updated public comment schedules, but project pages on the listed agency sites remain the primary source for timeline updates and detour notices.