Route Fifty By Bill Lucia NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Advocates say $4 billion in domestic spending legislation that could help revamp roads that split apart cities is a crucial addition to funding in the infrastructure bill Congress approved last week. Removing highways carved through city neighborhoods during the heyday of American interstate building, in the 1950s and 1960s, is an idea that has gained traction in communities around the country in recent years, with some projects completed and others in the works. The roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill Congress approved last week that is awaiting President Biden’s signature will provide $1 billion to help pay for these types of projects under what's known as the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program. That’s not a small sum, but it’s well short of the $20 billion Biden initially proposed for an initiative like this. “While significant, it is important to recognize just how small a step this is,” the Congress for the New Urbanism said in a statement following the infrastructure bill’s passage.
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