WIVB is reporting that Bass Pro is dead.
Today, chairman of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation, Anthony Gioia will announce developments ,Aeuto give people some reassurance that overall waterfront plans are moving forward,Aeu.
Channel 2 reports Congressman Brian Higgins is ,Aeuconfident about the waterfront development with or without Bass Pro.”
And WIVB,Aeos Senior Correspondent, Rich Newberg, offers some financial context and perspective:
But since that Bass Pro announcement, Congressman Brian Higgins was able to secure $279 million dollars from the New York Power Authority, money earmarked for waterfront development.
The positive news is that $65 million of that money will be available right away to being developing the waterfront.
Add to that $35 million of state money for the Bass Pro project, and another $30 million in federal transportation funds, and you have $130 million that can immediately be used to begin all sorts of development project on the inner and outer harbor.