Kensington Expressway

The more than $1 billion public works project hits a major hurdle in its progress after a ruling from the New York State Supreme Court.

While awaiting a ruling on the future of a multimillion-dollar project intending to cap part of the Kensington Expressway while planting trees on top of it, the Partnership for the Public Good is calling for the full removal of the highway altogether.

State Supreme Court Judge Emilio Colaiacovo reiterated his belief that the New York State Department of Transportation should have required and conducted a more thorough environmental impact statement

In an unexpected announcement late Friday, State Supreme Court Judge Emilio Colaiacovo issued a ruling that the New York State Department of Transportation failed to sufficiently consider the environmental impacts of the proposed Kensington Expressway project.

The state Department of Transportation, canceled for the second month in a row a stakeholders meeting to discuss the project with interested parties.

Buffalo’s East Side, along the Kensington Expressway, has long been subjected to higher amounts of air pollution due to traffic, and when it comes to the state’s expected efforts to cover a stretch of the expressway, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation isn’t saying too much about whether it will improve or further degrade air quality

A judge has ordered that no work will begin or proceed on the controversial project to eventually cover part of the 33 with a tunnel

Another legal challenge to attempt New York State to halt the $1 billion construction project.

Work still hasn’t begun on the effort to turn a stretch of the Kensington Expressway and Scajaquada Expressway into a tunnel in the name of reconnecting Humboldt Parkway.

After fielding several complaints about a cameras being used to control speed in construction zones, it appears that NYS Police have taken over enforcement.

The NYSDOT and the NYSTA are imposing fines against vehicles caught speeding in a construction work zones all across New York State

The legal challenges against the more than $1 billion highway project are starting to build up.