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Feds again ask TxDOT to halt I-45 project theleadernews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theleadernews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Houston Public Media Portions of the I-45 main lanes will be affected this weekend as crews prepare to demolish ramp. The state’s transportation department has continued a controversial downtown Houston expansion of Interstate 45 despite requests from the Federal Highway Administration to pause the project, according to letters obtained by Houston Public Media. TxDOT was told in March to But county and federal officials believe the agency continued its work on the project with “right-of-way” acquisitions of surrounding property, “including solicitations, negotiations and eminent domain,” despite an investigation into possible violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ....
Feds again ask TxDOT to halt I-45 expansion project amid investigation theleadernews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theleadernews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How Streetsblog covered the story. Earlier this week, officials at the Texas Division of the Federal Highway Administration asked the Texas Department of Transportation to stop soliciting contracts for its proposed $7-billion North Houston Highway Improvement Project, citing concerns that the proposal would violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by subjecting communities of color to increased levels of air pollution, displacement and flooding. “To allow FHWA time to evaluate the serious Title VI concerns … we request TxDOT pause … until FHWA has completed its review,” Division Administrator Achille Alonzi wrote to TxDOT Executive Director James Bass on Monday, but not made public until Thursday. ....