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Freeway Fighters news
WisDOT Unveils Four Options To Rebuild I-794
Urban Milwaukee May 31, 2025
A key revelation from Thursday’s open house regarding the replacement of Interstate 794 through downtown Milwaukee was that a final decision on how it will be rebuilt is likely two years away.
NJ’s Plan to Widen the Turnpike Can Really Break Your Heart
Streetsblog NYC June 2, 2025
On Tuesday, May 20, I spent two and half hours listening to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority Commission discuss the state’s $11-billion expansion of the Turnpike between the Newark-Bay Bridge and the Holland Tunnel.
Dead End: Nine Highways Ready for Retirement
Planetizen June 2, 2025
The Congress for New Urbanism released its 2025 Freeways Without Futures report, highlighting nine “highly deserving” highway removal campaigns from around the country.
Federal cuts threaten to kill Atlanta’s highway-capping Stitch project
Urbanize Atlanta June 3, 2025
A tax bill recently proposed in Washington D.C. could permanently defund a transformative greenspace and infrastructure project in downtown Atlanta that’s finally nearing construction.
Rochester gave up on a highway and filled it in. Should Baltimore?
The Baltimore Banner June 3, 2025
When Rochester was trying to decide what to do with the highway that tore through its downtown, it could have followed the lead of other cities.
Tulsa mayor says city should consider changes to highway over Greenwood
Public Radio Tulsa June 5, 2025
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols said the city would “behoove ourselves” to talk about modifying or removing a section of Interstate 244 that crosses over the Greenwood neighborhood.
I-375 project to reconnect Detroit communities begins this fall, set to be finished in 2029
WXYZ June 6, 2025
The Michigan Department of Transportation’s I-375 Reconnecting Communities Project will begin construction this fall, transforming the freeway into a boulevard as part of an effort to reunite neighborhoods that were divided decades ago.
Gov. Hochul Reconsidering Cross-Bronx Expressway Expansion
Streetsblog NYC June 6, 2025
This highway expansion is on the ropes.