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for the Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council {GBNRTC random notes that the Metropolitan Planning Area boundary for GBNRTC remains unchang

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ed in Section 101 (a)(37) of Title 23, the adjusted urbanized area shall encompass at a minimum nized area as designated by the Bureau of the Census. This adjusted boundary is officially

he FHWA Urban Area Boundary {UAB), sometimes called the Federal-aid adjusted boundary . Boundary {MPA), which is the boundary used for metropolit

ores, is to encompass the UAIE3 and the contiguous areas expected to become period of the Long Range Plan (Section 134(c) of Title 23).

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2000 FEDERAL AID ADJUSTED URBAN AREA BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION FOR ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES 1. West side of unnamed creek (2½ miles east of Niagara River) beginning at Lake Ontario, to Lake

Road. 2. North side of Lake Road to Robert Moses Parkway. 3. South/east side of Robert Moses Parkway to Blairville Road. 4. North side of Blairville Road to Route 18, Creek Road. 5. East side of Creek Road to Swann Road. 6. North side of Swann Road to Model City Road. 7. East side of Model City Road to Tuscarora Indian Reservation boundary. 8. Along Tuscarora Indian Reservation boundary (west, then south, then east) to Garlow Road. 9. West side of Garlow Road to the southern boundary of the Tuscarora Indian Reservation to Route 31,

Saunders Settlement Road. 10. North side of Saunders Settlement Road to Route 270, Lockport Junction Road. 11. West side of Lockport Junction Road (Rte. 270)/Town Line Road (Rtes. 270 and 93) to Route 104,

Ridge Road. 12. North side of Ridge Road to Route 78, Lake Avenue. 13. East side of Lake Avenue to Wicks Road. 14. North/east side of Wicks Road to Slayton Settlement Road. 15. North side of Slayton Settlement Road to Day Road. 16. East side of Day Road to Falls Road Railroad. 17. North side of Falls Road Railroad to Wilson Road. 18. East side of Wilson Road to Route 77, Chestnut Ridge Road. 19. South side of Chestnut Ridge Road to junction at Route 31, Rochester Road. 20. South side of Rochester Road to Day Road. 21. East side of Day Road to East High Street. 22. North side of East High Street to Hollenbeck Road. 23. East side of Hollenbeck Road to Lincoln Avenue Extension. 24. North side of Lincoln Avenue Extension to Singer Road. 25. East side of Singer Road to Bulmore Road.

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26. South/east side of Bulmore Road to Akron Road. 27. East side of Akron Road to Route 93, New Dysinger Road. 28. South side of New Dysinger/Dysinger Road to Crosby Road. 29. East side of Crosby Road to Kinne Road. 30. North side of Kinne Road to Sanders Road. 31. East side of Sanders Road to Rapids Road. 32. North/east side of Rapids Road to Goodrich Road. 33. East side of Goodrich Road across Tonawanda Creek and the Niagara/Erie County line to

Tonawanda Creek Road. 34. South side of Tonawanda Creek Road to Route 78, Transit Road. 35. East side of Transit Road to Wolcott Road. 36. North side of Wolcott Road to Kenfield Road. 37. East side of Kenfield Road to Lapp Road. 38. North side of Lapp Road to Heise Road. 39. East side of Heise Road to County Road. 40. North side of County Road to Strickler Road. 41. East side of Strickler Road to Greiner Road. 42. North side of Greiner Road to Salt Road. 43. East side of Salt Road to Route 5, Main Street. 44. North side of Main Street to Clarence/Newstead town line. 45. Along Clarence/Newstead town line to Stage Road. 46. South side of Stage Road to Ransom Road. 47. East side of Ransom Road to Erie Road. 48. North side of Erie Road to Town Line Road. 49. West side of Town Line Road to Kieffer Road. 50. North side of Kieffer Road to Two Rod Road. 51. East side of Two Road Road to Route 20, Broadway. 52. North side of Route 20, Broadway to Sandridge Road. 53. West side of Sandridge Road to West Main St.

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54. North side of West Main Street to Alden Village boundary line. 55. Along Alden Village boundary (north, then east, then south, then west) to Exchange Road. 56. East side of Exchange Road to Route 354, Clinton Street. 57. South side of Route 354, Clinton Street to Cloverdale Drive. 58. East/south side of Cloverdale Drive to Townline Road. 59. West side of Townline Road to Route 354, Clinton Street. 60. South side of Route 354, Clinton Street to Girdle Road. 61. East side of Girdle Road to Woodard Road. 62. South/east side of Woodard Road to Schultz Road. 63. East side of Schultz Road to Pond Brook Creek. 64. West side of Pond Brook Creek to Route 400, Aurora Expressway. 65. North/east side of Aurora Expressway to Route 16, Olean Road. 66. West side of Olean Road to Village of East Aurora corporate boundary. 67. Along Village of East Aurora corporate boundary to Mill Road. 68. East side of Mill Road to Sweet Road. 69. South side of Sweet Road to Grover Road. 70. South/west side of Grover Road to Luther Road. 71. East side of Luther Road to Snyder Road. 72. South side of Snyder Road to Davis Road. 73. East side of Davis Road to Route 240, Ellicott Road. 74. South side of Route 240, Ellicott Road to Cole Road. 75. East side of Cole Road to Boston Colden Road. 76. East/south side of Boston Colden Road To West Tillen Road. 77. South side of West Tillen Road to Eight een Mile Creek. 78. East side of Eighteen Mile Creek to Hillcroft Drive. 79. South side of Hillcroft Drive to Back Creek Road. 80. West side of Back Creek Road to Butternut Road. 81. South side of Butternut Road (straight across Route 219) to Eiss Hill Road.

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82. South side of Eiss Hill Road to Zimmerman Road. 83. West side of Zimmerman Road to Keller Road. 84. South side of Keller Road to Feddick Road. 85. West side of Feddick Road to North Boston Road. 86. South side of North Boston Road to East Eden Road. 87. East side of East Eden Road to Tennessee Circle. 88. South/west side of Tennessee Circle to North Boston Road. 89. South side of North Boston Road to Route 75, Sisson Highway. 90. East side of Route 75, Sisson Highway to East Church Street. 91. South/west side of East Church Street to Jennings Road. 92. East side of Jennings Road to Paxon Road. 93. South side of Paxon Road to Sandrock Road. 94. West side of Sandrock Road to Route 62, South Main Street. 95. West side of Route 62, South Main Street to Hemlock Road. 96. South side of Hemlock Road to Buffalo-Southern Railroad. 97. East/south side of Buffalo-Southern Railroad to West Avenue. 98. West side of West Avenue to Hemlock Road. 99. South side of Hemlock Road to Hunt Avenue. 100. West side of Hunt Avenue to connection with Sunset Drive. 101. North/west side of Sunset Drive to Erie Street. 102. North side of Erie Street to Depot Street. 103. West side of Depot Street to West Church Street. 104. South side of West Church Street to Schreiner Road. 105. West side of Schreiner Road to March Road. 106. North/west side of March Road to Shadagee Road. 107. North side of Shadagee Road to Bley Road. 108. West/north side of Bley Road to Buffalo-Southern Railroad. 109. East side of Buffalo-Southern Railroad to Belknap Road.

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110. West/south side of Belknap to Belknap/Bauer Road junction. 111. South side of Bauer Road to Shadagee Road. 112. South side of Shadagee Road/South Creek Road to Route 20, Southwestern Boulevard. 113. East/south side of Route 20, Southwestern Boulevard to Eden-Evans Center Road. 114. South side of Eden-Evans Center Road to Delamater Road. 115. South/east side of Delamat er Road to Angola Village boundary line. 116. Along Angola Village boundary line (south, then west, then north) to Commercial Street. 117. South side of Commercial Street to Route 5, Erie Road. 118. South/east side of Route 5, Erie Road to Theodore Avenue. 119. North side of Theodore Avenue to Richmond Avenue. 120. East side of Richmond Avenue to Fillmore Avenue. 121. South side of Fillmore Avenue to Route 5, Erie Road. 122. South/east side of Erie Road to Evans/Brant town line. 123. Along Evans/Brant town line to Lake Erie shoreline. 124. Along Lake Erie shore/west branch Niagara River shore to the Niagara County line. 125. West/north along Niagara County line to Lake Ontario. 126. Easterly along Lake Ontario shore to the point of origin.

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Alden

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Buffalo

Lewiston

Newstead

Aurora

BostonColden

Cambria

Brant

Holland

Hamburg

Lockport (T)

Collins

Lancaster

Marilla

North Collins

Orchard Park

PendletonWheatfield

Grand Island

Somerset

Cheektowaga

Cattaraugus

West Seneca

Tonawanda (T)

Niagara Falls

Niagara

Tuscarora Lockport (C)

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Lackawanna

Tonawanda (C)

Canada

Buffalo - GBNRTC Adjusted Urban Area

1990 Urban Area

2000 Additions