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Citing environmental justice, feds tell TxDOT to pause $7.5B I-45 widening


Dive Brief:
Responding to activists’ complaints and citing “environmental justice concerns,” the Federal Highway Administration has asked the Texas Department of Transportation to pause its $7.5 billion plan to widen Interstate 45 through Houston, including refraining from issuing any new requests for proposals, until it can determine if the project violates the Civil Rights Act.
In a March 8 letter to TxDOT posted on Twitter, FHWA Texas division administrator Achille Alonzi acknowledged that the recent completion of an environmental review had cleared the way for Texas to move forward with the job, known as the North Houston Highway Improvement Project. But Alonzi asked the agency to refrain from doing so until FHWA can evaluate the civil rights concerns raised in three letters from Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, the Air Alliance Houston and Houston community organization Houston Housers. ....

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