I-45 rebuild: A timeline of the massive Houston freeway project
“We have heard more noes than yesses,” Rebecca Reyna, executive director of the Greater Northside Management District, said of attempts to alter the project by talking to TxDOT.“We can’t do everything, but we will consider anything,” TxDOT spokeswoman Raquelle Lewis said.
Interstate 69 crosses Buffalo Bayou northeast of downtown next to the Clayton Homes, a Houston Housing Authority complex in Houston, seen June 12. Clayton Homes would be demolished if current plans for redevelopment of Interstate 45 proceed as planned.As the nation addresses the death of George Floyd, it becomes apparent the effect freeways have had on Houston neighborhoods, especially Interstate 10, Interstate 45 and Interstate 69 around downtown Houston.
Rebuilding also means displacing hundreds of low-income residents. Many fear the city will not be a good custodian of those housing dollars if TxDOT decides to simply cut a check. The Houston Housing Authority, she said, faces a housing crunch throughout the city, not just along I-45.Armando Lichtenberger, Jr. stands near where a survey spike marks the spot where property will be seized for the impending Interstate 45 in the Near Northside neighborhood of Houston on Jan. 7, 2020.
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