Tag: Department of Public Works

Mayor Sean Ryan transmitted a proposed $94 million 2027 capital budget to the Common Council, including $59.1 million in regular bonding and $34.9 million in emergency bonding to repair streets, bridges and neighborhood facilities.

Erie County says it has finished a $1.8 million replacement of the 97-year-old Sharp Street Bridge in Springville, installing a new single-span bridge and reconfiguring the roadway to improve safety and winter maintenance.

Mayor Sean Ryan unveiled Buffalo’s 2026–2027 Winter Snow Plan, boosting contracted removal funding to $2.7 million, buying five smaller tractors for narrow streets and upgrading GPS tracking for plows.

Buffalo has begun interim traffic and pedestrian-safety changes at Niagara Square — converting the area to a single travel lane, adding bollards and pavement markings, shortening crossings, and beginning parking enforcement — following a city survey of 562 respondents.