The Scajaquada Expressway will have crosswalks by the end of the summer. That's from State Assemblyman Sean Ryan last night to a meeting of the Scajaquada Corridor Coalition filling the auditorium of the Buffalo History Museum.
That wasn't enough for some in the audience who want major changes sooner, with Ryan saying it's likely to be a couple of years away.
Black Rock resident Danny Kelly says he's worried that a slower road will mean drivers cruising through his community instead.
"Our city streets on Amherst Street is loaded with kids. I live right across the street from Assumption Church. And, trust me, there are hundreds and hundreds of children. When the school bus is parked across the street, they put the stop out and people blow by the stop on the bus," Kelly said.
Kelly says planning for the new Scajaquada can't be done separately from planning for the traffic alternates like his street.
Governor Cuomo says the ultimate design will be decided here, not in Albany.
Ryan says the $150 million planned for rebuilding the existing road can go for building a replacement.
