NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno says a planned $10 million environmental research facility along the Hudson River will advance efforts to study local and global waterways.

The 11,000-square foot Upper Hudson Research Center in Troy is the latest development in a project to monitor and improve the quality of water in the Hudson.

Last year, IBM Corp. and The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries began creating a network of sensors that will provide real-time information on its condition. The new center will be an arm of the institute and associated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

There's money in the current state budget for developing the center and improving access to the river through bike trails, gardens, walkways and boat accommodations.