Has newly confirmed Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg killed any plans for Shreveport s I-49 Inner City Connector.forever?
Recent statements by the Biden Administration appointee say that the cornerstone of his department will be waging a war against systemic racism.
And how exactly does the Biden / Buttigieg vision affect the proposed 3.6 mile stretch? Well, in a recent appearance in Los Angeles, the Secretary addressed the big picture. From breitbart.com:
In his appearances, Buttigieg is repentant for the federal government’s role in building a federal transportation system that frequently cut through Black and brown neighborhoods in order to build freeways, often cutting off Black and brown populations from economic opportunity.