{"id":376138,"date":"2026-10-18T08:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376138\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:02:11","slug":"state-awards-funds-to-rehab-wny-walking-trails-and-sidewalks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376138\/","title":{"rendered":"State awards funds to rehab WNY walking trails and sidewalks"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York State secures over $97 million in federal funds to for sidewalk and pedestrian walking paths in Western New York.<\/p>\n

AMHERST, NY \u2014 More than $97 million in federal funding has been awarded for projects across New York State, including $11.4 million for three initiatives in Western New York.<\/p>\n

The awards, provided through the Federal Highway Administration\u2019s Transportation Alternatives Program and administered by the New York State Department of Transportation, will support sidewalk improvements, safer routes to schools, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, public transit connections and trailway development.<\/p>\n


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The $11.4 million allocated to Western New York includes:<\/p>\n

Amherst: $7 million to construct a multi-use trail along the former New York Central Railroad corridor known as the Peanut Line.North Tonawanda: $2.7 million for sidewalk improvements around city schools.West Seneca: $1.7 million for sidewalks, curb ramps and crosswalks along Seneca Street and Ridge Road. <\/p>\n

Statewide, $16.9 million will fund safe routes to schools, $52.8 million will support sidewalks and pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements, $11 million will strengthen connections between transportation modes, and $16.5 million will support trailway networks and shared-use paths.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York State is committed to the goal of creating modern transportation systems that strengthen communities and help all users, not just motorists, get where they need to go safely and efficiently,\u201d Hochul said when announcing the funding. \u201cThese investments in alternative modes of travel will help New Yorkers leave their cars at home and make it easier to walk or bike to their destinations, which will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Representative Tim Kennedy said the projects would expand transportation options and improve access throughout the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransportation that works for everyone shapes the future of our neighborhoods and the families that call them home,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cFrom sidewalks and bike lanes to trails and safe routes to school, these projects give Western New Yorkers more ways to get where they need to go. They make it easier for people to walk, bike, and enjoy the outdoors, giving us safer streets and stronger communities.”<\/p>\n

State Sen. Jeremy Zellner said the Amherst award advances a long-planned trail project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe $7 million awarded to the Peanut Line is tremendous news for Amherst and a major step forward for a project that has been years in the making,\u201d Zellner said.<\/p>\n

Assemblymember Pat Burke credited West Seneca West student Richie Schack with advocating for safer crossings on Ridge Road by organizing classmates and collecting signatures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to this investment, we\u2019re making that intersection safer for generations of students to come,\u201d Burke said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York State secures over $97 million in federal funds to for sidewalk and pedestrian walking paths in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-376138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}