Situated along the eastern shore of Lake Erie, a total of $4.5 million is going towards shoreline restoration efforts to improve access to the waterfront at Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park. The money is from the National Coastal Resilience Fund. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1 – Buffalo, NY.
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