Your Kensington Expressway worries are being heard!

So here's the deal, you know how everyone always talks about the Kensington Expressway, Route 33, and how it just sliced right through the East Side way back when? Well, residents are still showing up, still talking about it. Thursday night they had their seventh listening session at East Community High School, just trying to figure out what the heck comes next for that whole stretch. I'm not even kidding, people are passionate about this.

This isn't just some city planning meeting; this is about healing a scar that's been on our city for decades. When they built that thing, it isolated neighborhoods, broke up communities, and cut off people from Delaware Park and other parts of the city. Now, after all this time, the city is actually listening to folks who live there, asking what they envision. It’s about more than just traffic; it’s about reconnecting Buffalo, about righting some historical wrongs. People want to see green space, better access, and a focus on the neighborhoods that bore the brunt of that construction.

* **Community Input:** These sessions are crucial for getting real resident feedback.

* **Reconnecting Neighborhoods:** The goal is to bridge the divide the expressway created.

* **Future Vision:** Ideas range from capping the highway to creating new public spaces.

It’s a massive undertaking, oh for sure, but it shows how much Buffalo cares about its own. We don't just forget about the past here; we try to make things better. It’s that deep-seated Buffalo pride, you know? Bills by a billion — and yeah, the city too.

Ang and the crew break this down every morning — catch it live at mornings.live.