The 'Reconnecting Communities Program' is a fund established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that aims to repair damage done by the legacy of freeways.
According to Metro officials, the largely diesel big rig truck traffic on the 710 corridor alone accounts for 20% of health-harming air pollution in all of Southern California. And the impacts of that pollution are exceedingly unequal: 83% of the more than a million people living closest to the 710 Freeway identify as Black or Hispanic, according to Metro.. It was the end of a decades-long fight by community members and environmental justice advocates to end the legacy of freeways in the area.
The cancellation of those projects left a “stub” of a freeway in Pasadena and an essentially extended freeway off-ramp in Long Beach that’s become a safety hazard for local residents. New federal funds will help expand Cesar Chavez park and redesign a part of Shoreline Drive in Long Beach. That funding is only the “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to transforming our car-centric transportation system and addressing
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