The weekend ‘walkshops’ are part of a $2 million federally funded study to plot a better future for the highway, which has long been criticized as a scar of environmental racism.
Dan Garodnick, chair of the City Planning Commission
The Cross Bronx Expressway’s construction displaced some 40,000 residents, mainly in the 1950s and ‘60s. Diesel trucks on the highly trafficked roadway have since been linked to higher air pollution in neighboring communities and some of the highest rates of asthma in the country.across the Bronx that sought input on plans to be included in the study — and promise a more up-close and personal experience.
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