BUFFALO
Federal funding OK’d for sewer project
Updated: 03/08/07 6:50 AM
A bill that would provide federal aid to help Buffalo solve its sewer overflow problem was passed Wednesday by the House of Representatives, Rep. Brian M. Higgins, D-Buffalo, said.
The $1.8 billion Water Quality Investment Act of 2007 would provide funding that was authorized by Congress in 2002 and 2003, but never appropriated.
“This critical bill for Buffalo has finally been passed,” said Higgins, who cosponsored the measure. “Buffalo cannot afford to pay the hundreds of millions it could cost to address our serious sewer overflow problem.
“Our sewer infrastructure is one of the oldest in the country, and the grants that will result from the passage of this bill will help alleviate our city’s costs.”
Like many communities in the Northeast and Great Lakes, Buffalo has a sewer system that only partially separates sewage from storm water runoff. Raw sewage regularly overflows from the system during heavy rains.
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