Removing Highways to Heal Racial Wrongs
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A view of the I-81 freeway in Syracuse, New York, U.S., April 28, 2021. (REUTERS/Zoe Davis)
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For more than 50 years, Interstate 81
highway has cut through the Southside neighborhood of Syracuse, a city in northwestern New York State. Smoke from vehicles traveling on the
elevated road would fall down to the area where most people are Black and poor.
Now, New York State wants to replace that part of the elevated highway with a street-level road. The aim is to connect the city s urban areas again. And building could begin as soon as next year.
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