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Buffalo area's transit agency to consider proposal to transfer Lake Erie waterfront properties

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A state agency responsible for developing Buffalo's waterfront could get a step closer to taking over a large section of Lake Erie property from another public agency.

Officials for the agency that operates the Buffalo area's public transit system say they support Congressman Brian Higgins ' recent proposal that the property be turned over to the other agency.

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's commissioners will meet Thursday to discuss the proposed transfer of Gallagher Beach and a 1,000-slip Small Boat Harbor to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. for $1.

Officials for the agency that operates the Buffalo area's public transit system say they support Congressman Brian Higgins' recent proposal that the property be turned over to the other agency. The NFTA has said it wants to transfer its waterfront properties so the agency can concentrate on its core mission of planes, trains and buses.

A deal for a private developer to purchase the waterfront properties fell through earlier this year.


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