‘Another broken promise’: The Buffalo Riverfront project abruptly ends [Video]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The proposed Buffalo Riverline project has been derailed after years of planning to put in a walkway that would have connected neighborhoods along the Buffalo River with Canalside.

The 1.5-mile, approximately $70 million project was shut down over a management disagreement according to statements from the Western New York Land Conservancy and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, both of whom declined to be interviewed about the decision.

A new nonprofit formed to oversee the project separate from the Land Conservancy appears to be the source of the disagreement.

“We respect, though regret, the Western New York Land Conservancy’s decision to withdraw from its role in the development of the Riverline,” the NFTA said in a statement.

The NFTA was a partner to the project because it owns the old DL&W rail line that …