[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H228-H229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRANSFORMING BUFFALO'S WATERFRONT

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Speaker, the bipartisan Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs law will invest more than $14 billion this year 
alone in the Nation's ports and waterways.
  In my community, this will provide $10 million for Times Beach Nature 
Preserve on Buffalo's Outer Harbor to preserve and improve the natural 
habitats and parkland.
  Once a dumping ground for contaminated Buffalo River sludge, today 
Times Beach is a vibrant 55-acre home for wildlife and a destination 
for visitors.
  This funding will support work by the United States Army Corps, 
Buffalo District to fortify the breakwater at

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Times Beach, to help restore public access that was lost in storm 
damage 2 years ago, and to reduce the influence of that kind of damage 
from happening in the future.
  This funding builds on previous Federal Great Lakes and 
infrastructure investments that are transforming Buffalo's waterfront 
and revitalizing the western New York community.

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