The arrival of $680 million in federal funding could revive plans to do away with Interstate 980, the relatively little-used highway that separated neighborhoods in West Oakland from the rest of th…
OAKLAND — The arrival of $680 million in federal funding could revive proposals to eliminate Interstate 980, the relatively little-used highway that separated West Oakland neighborhoods from the rest of the city when it opened almost a half-century ago.
The Interstate 980 flyovers to and from Interstate 880 are seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Today, urban advocates in Oakland say the highway was always unnecessary, a product of mid-20th century investment in car culture that separated Black residents in West Oakland from downtown, with a noise-polluted pedestrian pathway surrounded by vehicle traffic in between.
Past efforts to convert the highway to a tree-laden city street have consistently fallen short. Even a project included in President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal in 2021 was later left out of the approved spending package.
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