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Kensington Expressway receives $1 billion to restore Olmsted’s vision

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jamiemoses288  ·  May 5, 2022
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Media Advisory
TOMORROW 1:30 p.m. – FRIDAY, May 6th

Peoples-Stokes, Kennedy to Announce
$1 Billion in State Funding for Kensington

Expressway Project

WHO:
NYS Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes
NYS Senator Tim Kennedy
US Congressman Brian Higgins
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
Restore Our Community Coalition (ROCC)
WHERE:
Front Steps of Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Pkwy, Buffalo
(rainout location will be inside the Museum Auditorium)
WHEN:
1:30 p.m. – TOMORROW – Friday, May 6th
WHAT:
The project seeks to redesign and fully cover a portion of Route 33 designated as the Kensington
Expressway, to restore Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision for Humboldt Parkway while
reconnecting the Hamlin Park, Cold Spring, and MLK neighborhoods.

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