Outer Harbor development took a nudge forward yesterday. The public now owns a seven acre tract of land north of the Pier restaurant site. With State funding, the Buffalo Brownfield Restoration Corp. purchased the Fuhrman Boulevard property for $423,500 from Cargill. The site is expected to be transferred to the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation after an environmental assessment of the site is completed.
The site is vacant and has been used for salt storage. Long-term plans for the property are undetermined, but State officials are anticipating a mix of recreational use and development. The development corporation is also seeking to gain control of the adjacent New York Power Authority property where the ice boom is stored.
The site is grain elevator free.
WCP Note: Thanks Bufflow for the location correction. Sorry for the hysteria.