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Here is what is being said about freeway fighting this week. If you come across any articles, feel free to share and please let me know if you have any questions.
The call for nominations for the ninth biannual Freeways Without Futures report closes in a little less than one month! For campaigns that have graduated from FWF nominee or have received Reconnecting Communities financing, please submit updates. Nominations and updates are due November 1, 2024.
Check out Reconnect Austin’s new I-35 video. It compares the current highway footprint to the proposed TxDOT expansion footprint. The full video is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/miwiEF0pOuc.
Freeway Fighters News
KYTC studying west Louisville neighborhoods to improve access to waterfront cut off by interstate
WDRB September 27, 2024
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is conducting a study around the most northern part of west Louisville to better connect the surrounding area to its waterfront.
Reimagining U.S. 35: Dayton to study how to ‘repair the harm’ of past projects
Dayton Daily News September 28, 2024
Dayton wants to take a long, hard look at a five-mile section of U.S. 35 to see how the highway can be reimagined, reconfigured and revitalized to be less of a divider and a barrier between neighborhoods.
I-35 expansion project: City shares updated cap-and-stitch plans
Yahoo September 29, 2024
With the massive I-35 expansion through the heart of Austin breaking ground this fall, the city has shared an updated version of its related plan to build caps and stitches along the freeway.
According to opponents, highway expansion leads to significantly more environmental damage
Bluewin October 2, 2024
The planned highway expansion in Switzerland is oversized and based on an outdated transport policy.
Austin reveals most detailed plans yet for parks over I-35
KUT.org October 2, 2024
The City of Austin has unveiled its final vision of what Interstate 35 could look like after parks are installed on top of the highway — an ambitious and expensive project made possible by the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) once-in-a-generation expansion of the biggest road in Central Texas.