$16.5 million coming for Niagara Falls, N.Y., station revitalization
Written by jrood
February 14, 2001 U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter announced that $16,500,000 in federal grant funding would be coming to Niagara Falls, N.Y., to revitalize the Niagara Falls Customhouse, which will soon be known as the Niagara Falls International Railway Station. The funding comes from the Department of Transportation's competitive TIGER grant program, which was enacted as part of the stimulus bill.
The Niagara Falls
Customhouse, which was built in 1863 and operated by the federal government
from 1867 into the 1980s, will soon be known as the Niagara Falls International
Railway Station and Intermodal Transportation Center. The new hub, which is slated
for final completion in 2011, will house an Amtrak station that will allow New
Yorkers to travel nationally and internationally, a border inspection facility
and the Underground Railroad Interpretive Center which will feature historic
exhibits detailing Niagara’s role in Underground Railroad history as slaves
escaped the south to find freedom in the north, and some continued on to
Canada.
The new complex will
create a new economic dynamic in Niagara Falls by creating a transportation and
cultural hub that will bring dollars, jobs and tourists to the area.
