Transportation & Infrastructure
For decades the U.S. has underinvested in our infrastructure and America’s roads, bridges, water systems and sewer lines are in desperate need of repair. Brian has fought to change that since his early years in Congress with his Nation Building Here at Home Act, investing over $1.2 trillion in America’s infrastructure, rebuilding our communities, creating economic opportunity and growing jobs. As a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Brian is a leading voice for infrastructure investment in Washington and helped to craft the $1.5 trillion Moving Forward Act, a comprehensive plan to repair and revitalize our country’s infrastructure.
Brian is a relentless fighter for Western New York’s fair share of federal transportation funding, delivering for notable projects such as: the redesign of the Niagara Street corridor, the return of cars to Main Street in Downtown Buffalo, Kenmore Avenue improvements along the Tonawanda/Buffalo border, and the transformation of a crumbling, one-way Fuhrmann Boulevard into the Outer Harbor Parkway.
Following the tragic crash of Flight 3407 in 2009, Higgins worked alongside the Families of Flight 3407 to push sweeping reforms through Congress to improve airline safety. In the years since, they have continued to fight for implementation of higher pilot training standards, measures to mitigate pilot fatigue, and rules to provide greater transparency for consumers.
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) applauded the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) denial of a request by Republic Airways for an exemption of the 1,500 hour training requirement for pilots. In the FAA’s decision they found “that a grant of exemption would not be in the public interest or provide an equivalent level of safety.”
County Executive Poloncarz joined by Congressman Higgins, Commissioner of Public Works Bill Geary to review completed work on Wehrle Drive in Amherst
Numerous projects underway or completed countywide as part of over $44 million infrastructure investment in 2022; significant federal investment aids in $3.3 million Wehrle project
State and Federal Leaders Highlight $5 Million in Funding, Which Will Allow the NFTA to Purchase Battery Electric Buses
Higgins, Kennedy, and Ryan Announce an Additional $3.8 Million for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Infrastructure Improvements Along North Division Street in the City of Buffalo
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) is among 50 members of Congress calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to see that funding authorized for lead service line (LSL) replacement through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is allocated to states based on need.
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. – Senator Tim Kennedy, Congressman Brian Higgins, and Assemblymember Monica Wallace joined Town of Cheektowaga Supervisor Diane Benczkowski Wednesday to announce $8.95 million in funding for road resurfacing and pothole repairs along Union Road in the town. The funding was dedicated in this year’s NYS 5-Year DOT Capital Plan, and will specifically target Union Rd. from Walden Avenue to French Rd. - a roughly 3 mile stretch adjacent to one of the Town’s most heavily trafficked corridors.
Congressman Higgins Announces $25 Million Federal Grant for Transformation of Main Street in Buffalo
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced a $25 million federal grant for a project that will transform a section of Main Street in the City of Buffalo.
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) joined the Families of Flight 3407 for events in Washington, DC, marking the 12th Anniversary of President Obama signing the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Act of 2010. Higgins and the families met with House of Representatives Transportation Committee and Aviation Subcommittee staff members and participated in a special plaque dedication at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) headquarters.
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced approval of a package of federal funding bills investing in American families, communities, and economic growth. The legislation (H.R. 8294) includes nearly $17.2 million requested by Higgins for Western New York projects.
Congressman Brian Higgins, New York State Senator Tim Kennedy, New York Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, and City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown were joined by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) and Buffalo Place to mark the near-completion of the lastest phase of the Cars Sharing Main Street project in downtown Buffalo. The leaders also announced $54.5 million in new funding to continue the work along additional sections of Main Street.
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) was joined by New York State Assemblymember Bill Conrad and City of Tonawanda Mayor John White to announce a $1.2 million innovative project designed to improve safety in the City of Tonawanda. This infrastructure and technology investment will allow for the implementation of a new warning system and detour route to eliminate frequently occurring truck hits at the CSX rail bridge over Young Street.