Report: Detroiters need reparations for destruction of Black Bottom, Paradise Valley
Decades after a freeway construction tore through Detroit's Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, Black Detroiters need major investments, report says.
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Decades after a freeway construction tore through Detroit's Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, Black Detroiters need major investments, report says.
(The Center Square) – The way vehicles look has changed drastically since the early 1900s, but roads haven’t changed as much in regard to safety features.
It’s the highway that displaced two historically Black communities in Detroit, and Wednesday night, the plan to re-imagine I-375 is getting one step closer to reality.
TROY — The Michigan Department of Transportation hosted a public hearing at the Troy Community Center April 11 to discuss the results of a sound study it conducted along portions of Interstate 75 in Troy.
For many Detroiters in their mid 50’s and younger, I-375 has been nothing more than a freeway. But for others, it’s a reminder of a painful past.