Empire State News: Buffalo Inner Harbor infrastructure improvements announced through federal stimulus funds

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Mayor Byron Brown, Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman Brian Higgins Thursday announced that $17.6 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have been approved for the Buffalo Sewer Authority’s planning, design and construction of the Hamburg Drain Control Facility, which collects and processes input from twenty sewer regulators within the Hamburg drain system.  The federal stimulus funds will be matched with $8.8 million from the Buffalo Sewer Authority.  This announcement came as Mayor Brown joined a growing national, bipartisan coalition of state and locally elected officials who are working collaboratively to gain a stronger federal commitment to upgrade infrastructure throughout the country. The new group, Building America’s Future, was formed by Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA) and Ed Rendell (PA) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.