[Press release from the City of NF]
Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster today announced a dozen additional streets to be paved as part of the City’s in-house road reconstruction program. When completed, this will bring the total number of streets paved by City crews this season to 34, and the total since Dyster took office to over 270. “These 34 streets don’t include special jobs like the basketball courts at Caravelle and Gluck Parks, or the the running track at Legends Park” said Dyster. “And it’s not counting the full-depth reconstruction of 27th Street from Ferry to Niagara where Yarussi Construction started work yesterday. That was one of the worst streets in the City. Now it’s getting totally reconstructed.” Dyster said that City crews encountered difficult sub-surface conditions while working on Cleveland Avenue, where City crews will soon be paving. “We took a lot of time and did a lot of digging there, but that’s the right way to do the job,” said Dyster. “As a result, the new pavement will last a lot longer.”
Dyster noted that one of the streets paved this round was announced earlier in the year, “Former Councilman Guy Sottile came out for the Whirlpool Little League opening day ceremony, and the League uses the field at Maple Avenue School for some of their activities. So we made a big fuss of saying we were going to pave Maple Avenue from Lewiston Road to McKoon Avenue–next to the school and ball diamond–in his honor,” said Dyster. “I directed Public Works to begin that project well ahead of the opening of school and I’m proud to report that street was topped yesterday.”
The 2015 paving program started with a couple downtown streets, and then moved to LaSalle, then back through Center City. The next group of streets, announced today, are in City’s North End:
Thorndale Avenue (Lewiston to Terrace)
Terrace Drive (Wyoming to Northerly End)
Meadowbrook Drive (Wyoming to Lafayette)
Harrison Avenue (Lewiston to McKinley)
James Avenue (Lewiston to Westerly End)
Barton Street (Maple to Vanderbilt)
Bloneva Bond Street (Depot to Garden)
Center Avenue (9th to Highland)
Garden Avenue (Monteagle to 9th)
Calumet Avenue (Highland to Aaron Griffon Way)
Grove Avenue (9th to Highland)
“Wheather it’s a major thoroughfare or a sleepy residential street, our paving program is touching every section of the city,” said Dyster, “and we are still trying every year to pave a few of the out-of-the-way streets that people think the City has forgotten, just to show we haven’t. Who outside of LaSalle knows where Witkop is? Who outside of Deveaux knows about Thorndale or Barton? Bloneva Bond was a Niagara Falls legend, but if you don’t live in the Highland area, can you find the street named after her on the map?”
Dyster said this week City crews have finished the topcoat on Maple Avenue, and will be moving to Cleveland Avenue, Lockport Street between Ontario and North, and College Avenue between Highland and Hyde Park. That will complete the last round of streets, announced in July, by sometime next week. Dyster said City officials are planning to binder College Avenue one lane at a time to minimize inconvenience to travelers, but may have to close the stretch of road briefly during top coating. “Stay tuned for more information as we get closer to doing the actual paving.”
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