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.
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
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.