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In May 2019, Governor Cuomo announced a sweeping initiative miles of canals were
to examine how the Erie Canal System could be reimagined for created in the first
the 21st century, including the formation of a task force to review place. Tugboats and
the many ideas and proposals and report on its findings. The paddleboats can share the waterways, and do so regularly in the initiative was designed to build upon past investments in the Capital Region, so tugs and barges, perhaps even powered by Canal corridor, including the Downtown Revitalization Initiative alternative forms of energy, should be at least considered in the and Taste NY.
