Buttigieg: Infrastructure bill to address racist highway design
Buttigieg: Infrastructure bill to address racist highway design
Yacob Reyes at Axios
https://www.axios.com/buttigieg-infrastructure-bill-racist-highway-design-52739a9b-1f00-42a5-b00d-28254e1cdc9f.html
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Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg during a briefing at the White House on Monday. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Monday that his agency would use a portion of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill to address racial inequities in U.S. highway design.
Why it matters: Buttigieg's remarks at a press briefing come amid a broader discussion of racial and socioeconomic disparities in the U.S. and days after Congress passed the long-awaited infrastructure bill.
The program, called "Reconnecting Communities," will focus on the "legacy of highway construction built through communities" and remove or repurpose infrastructure barriers.Buttigieg reiterated that whether a highway will be removed will be decided on a case-by-case basis, adding that "it's going to vary by community and we have to listen to the community."
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