DOT announces “Reconnecting Communities” initiative in Birmingham
THANKS. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT RIBBON COVENANT CUTTING A US SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PETE, BUT JOINING US NOW WBTM 13’S MADDIE DAVIS WITH MORE ABOUT THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE MATTY. GUY THE GOAL IS TO MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BETTER CONNECT COMMUNITIES PROJECTS SIMILAR TO THIS SOON TO BE BIRMINGHAM EXPRESS MAKING 15 STOPS THROUGH THE CITY WILL BE FUNDED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY US SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PETE BUTTIGIEG MADE THE TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM HOPING TO RECONNECT. ENTITIES, IT’S A GREAT PLACE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THE STORY OF HOW WE ARE NOT JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST BUT USING THAT KNOWLEDGE TO CREATE A BETTER FUTURE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAUNCHED A NEW INITIATIVE UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW ALONGSIDE LOCAL LEADERS, INCLUDING CONGRESSWOMAN, TERRY SEWELL AND MAYOR RANDALL WOODFIN. THAT SPIRIT IS INCLUSION. MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TAKING PLACE AT THE SOON TO BE BIRMINGHAM EXPRESS A 15 MILE BUS TRANSIT SERVICE. THE HOPE IS TO HELP CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN CUT OFF FROM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IT IS BY NO HAPPENSTANCE THAT OUR RAILROADS AND OUR BYWAYS ACTUALLY BLOCK IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THOSE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ONE BILLION DOLLARS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN RESPONSE. PUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING WHILE ALABAMA STRUGGLED DUE TO THE CURRENT GAS PRICES, BUT THE JUDGE WOULD RATHER HARP ON THE RACIST DESIGN AND HIGHWAYS THAN PROVIDE REAL RELIEF TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MANY FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE VOTED AGAINST THAT FUNDING COMING TO ALABAMA, BUT YOU KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE’RE NOT GOING TO HOLD THAT AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA AND THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM, WHICH IS ABOUT HEALING AREAS WHERE THEY WERE DISCONNECTIONS IN THE PAST. THEY WERE OFTEN RACIALLY, UNJUST THAT’S WORK THAT WE’RE PROUD TO BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE’S LIVES BETTER AND YOU KNOW, THE REST IS JUST POLITICS. AN APPLICATION PROCESS OPENS TODAY FOR CITIES TO APPLY FOR SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS NOW MAYOR WOODFIN DOES SAY THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM PLANS TO APPLY LIV
DOT announces “Reconnecting Communities” initiative in Birmingham
U.S Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced an initiative aimed at helping communities restore connectivity between neighborhoods along with Birmingham city leaders. Watch the full story above.
U.S Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced an initiative aimed at helping communities restore connectivity between neighborhoods along with Birmingham city leaders. Watch the full story above.
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