[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2103-2104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ROBERT MOSES PARKWAY FUNDING

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Madam Speaker, today the New York Power Authority took 
an important step toward righting a historic wrong by providing funding 
to remove the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is a 
national treasure, drawing millions of visitors each year.
  However, with the construction of the Robert Moses Parkway in the 
1960s, the New York Power Authority created both economic and physical 
barriers to Niagara Falls in arguably the greatest waterfront in the 
world.
  For Niagara Falls, it is not about tearing something down; it is 
about building something up. Removal of the parkway is a critical step 
in giving this

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city the waterfront it deserves and unleashing the limitless economic 
potential that comes with it.
  The New York Power Authority did the right thing, and the future of 
Niagara Falls will be better because of it.

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