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Presenter asks council to consider Harriet Tubman byway resolution; DOT signage rules highlighted
Summary
An official with the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State briefed the council on a proposed 550-mile Harriet Tubman state byway route and asked the city to consider a resolution; she said DOT requires byway designations to limit new off‑premise commercial signage.
Alice Fondredagan, president of the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State and director of the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, presented information about the proposed Harriet Tubman (Harriet Southern Underground Railroad) state byway and asked the Tonawanda City Council to consider formal support.
Fondredagan described a 550-mile New York State byway that would run from Manhattan through the Hudson Valley to Albany and across to Niagara Falls; in Western New York the proposed route would…
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