The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs paid approximately $410,000 to construct overhead flashing warning signals in all four directions at the intersection where Route 77 meets Indian Falls Road and
Safety improvements have been completed at an accident-prone intersection near the Western New York National Cemetery in Pembroke nearly two years after two veterans were killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer there.
James R. Metcalfe II, the director of the Western New York National Cemetery in Pembroke, N.Y., is seeking $15 million from the VA in a civil suit, accusing the agency and its leaders of discrimination and retaliation that stripped away many of his responsibilities.