Could a land bridge project help minority communities recover from displacement?

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By Fred de Sam Lazaro, PBS Newshour. Originally posted May 26, 2021

President Joe Biden has proposed using some of the $2 trillion of his infrastructure plan to repair harm done to America’s minority communities when highways were originally built through them. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has the story of one such example from Minnesota’s capital, St. Paul, where the ReConnect Rondo project wants to build a land bridge to support the Black community.

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ReConnect Rondo Technical Advisory Team:

  • David Juliff, Be Civil, Inc.
  • Khani Sahebjam, SRF Consulting Group
  • John Maczko, SRF Consulting Group
  • Kent Arhenholtz, Kaskaskia Engineering Group
  • Brenda Thomas, KLJ, Inc
  • Marcus Thomas, Bolton & Menk
  • Scott McBride, Bolton & Menk
  • Marcell Walker, Bolton & Menk
  • Veronica Burt, 600 Strategies, Inc.
  • Björgvin Sævarsson, YORTH Group
  • Katie Eggers, YORTH Group
  • Jim Erkel, Retired Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA)
  • Brian Isaacson, Ramsey County
  • Diem Van Groth, Strategic Consultant