(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Local leaders broke ground in Pittsburgh yesterday on the Esplanade Project that will transform part of the North Shore. This project plans to bring an entertainment space, housing and a Ferris wheel to a 15-acre lot that is empty. According to the developers of the Esplanade Project, they say it will cost around $740 million.