Just as the busy travel season begins, two U.S.-Canada bridges in the Buffalo area have major construction underway.
The Peace Bridge continues building ramps to the Niagara section of the Thruway while work gets underway at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge.
"We're doing Phase One of the Lewiston plaza," said Lew Holloway, Niagara Falls Bridge Commission general manager.
"We built a new duty-free, which is now operational. It was operational in August. We're re-aligning I-190 as it crosses the plaza to the north to free up more space on the plaza so we can free up more space for Phase Two. We're working with GSA right now to sign a lease so that we can proceed with Phase Two."
Holloway says the second phase will be a $60 million project for a new headquarters and processing point for Customs and replacement of 10 inspection lanes with 16 inspection lanes and a bus lane. The Ontario end of the span was completely re-built several years ago in a much larger project.
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