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[QUOTE="KellySyracuse, post: 3713516, member: 1644"]
Not sure how much I trust Katko's involvement here

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2021/02/kirsten-gillibrand-invites-pete-buttigieg-to-visit-i-81-in-syracuse.html[/URL]

"Washington – U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has invited the nation’s new transportation chief to visit [URL='https://www.syracuse.com/topic/Interstate%2081/']Interstate 81 [/URL]in Syracuse for a first-hand view of plans to tear down the elevated highway and use a new street-level boulevard to spur development.

“He understood the importance of federal funding and support for projects like the I-81 community grid, Rochester Inner Loop, Kensington Expressway in Buffalo, and reimagining I-787 in Albany,” she said.

Separately, Rep. [URL='https://www.syracuse.com/topic/24th%20Congressional%20District/']John Katko[/URL] said he will invite Buttigieg to meet with him in Syracuse to discuss the importance of the I-81 project to Central New York and the need for strong federal support. The federal government generally pays 90% of the cost of interstate highway projects.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., met with Buttigieg last month and emphasized the importance of replacing I-81 in Syracuse with a street-level boulevard that would cost $2 billion or more.

Schumer told syracuse.com that[URL='https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2021/01/schumer-on-i-81-teardown-local-aid-taxes-with-new-clout-ill-use-it-for-central-new-york.html'] Buttigieg liked the idea [/URL]of tearing down the highway and using the new “community grid” to spur development in historic Black neighborhoods that were bulldozed to build the interstate."
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