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A bridge proposal to reconnect a historically Black neighborhood in St. Paul is facing its next major test in two weeks when residents are asked to weigh in on the plan to build a land bridge over Interstate 94.
Meetings will take place May 24-27 so community members can share ideas for a cultural enterprise district, according to a news release from ReConnect Rondo, a nonprofit that s leading efforts for the bridge.
The proposal calls for 15 to 20 acres of land covering a portion of the roadway with usable land while cars drive below between Lexington Avenue and Rice Street in St. Paul.
In the United States, few places have recently faced more tortuous battles to uproot the legacy of racism and historic inequality than the state of Minnesota. Despite its ranking as one of the best places to live in the country, its racial disparities are among the worst in the nation.
Coming on the heels of a guilty verdict in the George Floyd murder case and the proposal by the administration of US President Joe Biden to invest $2.3 trillion in infrastructure, including in communities with a history of racial discrimination, a new project in the historically Black neighbourhood of Rondo in Saint Paul aspires to narrow the gap.
Biden infrastructure proposal has Rondo Land Bridge supporters optimistic
A proposed land bridge for the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan has encouraging news for supporters of the Rondo Land Bridge project in St. Paul.
Initially thought of as a moonshot, the federal infrastructure proposal’s targeting of historic racial inequities is bringing the bridge slightly closer to becoming a reality.
Biden infrastructure proposal has Rondo Land Bridge supporters optimistic
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan has encouraging news for supporters of the Rondo Land Bridge project in St. Paul.