BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - New York state is launching a competition to find a new plan for the Buffalo Skyway.
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the contest Monday, inviting urban planners, architects, community groups and others to submit proposals for replacing or reusing the aging bridge spanning the Buffalo River.
A panel of judges will review the proposals and pick the winning design late this summer. The first-place team will win $100,000.
The 110-foot-tall bridge is expensive to maintain and prone to weather-related closures. It’s also blamed for cutting Buffalo off from its Lake Erie shoreline.
Cuomo says the winning design could propose removing and replacing the Skyway or reusing it, perhaps as a pedestrian walkway. He says a new vision for the site will help revive a key part of the city.
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