$1B slated to reconnect Black areas interstates destroyed; DeSantis calls it “woke-ification”
The infrastructure project is an attempt to rectify harm caused by roadways that were built primarily through lower-income, Black communities. WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday launched a $1 billion first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects, pledging wide-ranging help to dozens of communities despite…
