Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – Long overdue, but the USS Croaker is finally headed for a series of repairs and renovations.
In one of the final steps before pre-renovation remediation work can begin, the Buffalo Common Council approved a revised allocation of $846,800, coupled with a previously approved $880,000 allocation – making the entire remediation work by Texas-based T&T Marine Salvage Inc. costing $1.7 million.
But, all the funds are pass-through dollars to Buffalo, so the work isn’t costing the city one dollar, noted Leah-Halton Pope, Common Council majority leader…