Digging Deeper - ForConstructionPros
Digging Deeper - ForConstructionPros
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Investigating I-375 and The Legacy of Urban Renewal in Detroit
13 minutes Posted Oct 24, 2022 at 11:00 am.
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Hundreds of millions of dollars are now available to states for infrastructure projects, one of the most highly touted is the “Reconnecting Communities” pilot program that seeks to undo the effects of transportation initiatives that negatively impacted neighborhoods and communities across the country. This episode is part 1 of a new series focused on investigating the history these effected areas, the projects that disrupted them, and the efforts to restore them to their former heights. In this installment, Brandon Noel, editor of Asphalt Contractor Magazine speaks with long-time Detroit Free Press journalist John Gallagher, and Michigan Department of Transportation Project Manager, John Lurie about I-375 and the lost neighborhood of “Black Bottom”.