RBRATSPIESMar 18, 2024
This is some very good news for #environmentaljustice in #NYC! Feds approve $5.6M grant to reconnect neighborhoods split by BQE https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/03/12/feds-approve-5-6m-grant-to-reconnect-neighborhoods-split-by-bqe/
Feds approve $5.6M grant to reconnect neighborhoods split by BQE

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a $5.6 million grant to advance a redesign of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s North and South corridors, Brooklyn elected officials announced Tuesday. The expressway has divided neighborhoods like Williamsburg and Sunset Park for almost 70 years, bringing noise, pollution and increased levels of asthma and heart disease. The grant […]

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dcuthellMar 18, 2024
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@Rbratspies The only way to truly reconnect the neighborhoods and get #EnvironmentalJustice is to tear down the BQE. Everything else is just pretending.
Mar 18, 2024 at 2:22amWeb
Show threadRBRATSPIESMar 19, 2024
@capntransit this funding is basically a planning grant. To put together the plan to do exactly that.
Show threadCap'n TransitMar 19, 2024
@Rbratspies Nobody in the article is talking about tearing down the BQE.