Student-run club Connect 315 hosted local leaders, including I-81 Project Director Joe Driscoll, who spoke on the importance of student involvement in order to mitigate the harms I-81 has caused on the local Black families in the 15th Ward. Read more »
The I-81 removal project has faced several roadblocks in its multi-year inception – such as a recently dismissed 'Renew 81 for All' lawsuit. Read more »
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Residents of the South Valley neighborhood attended an open house with NYSDOT to learn about the impacts of the I-81 community grid project. Read more »
Students are a part of this community. You ride unreliable Centro buses, you rent from absentee landlords. The problems you face also confront tens of thousands of other families living alongside you in this city. Read more »
Vacant property concentrations are unbalanced along the east and west sides of Syracuse's Interstate-81 as a result of previous industry-induced migration. Read more »
The community grid aims to address harm caused by the viaduct’s construction in the 1960s and reconnect neighborhoods it severed, the press release said. Read more »
The community grid alternative of the Interstate 81 viaduct project will take six years to construct, according to the project’s environmental impact statement. Read more »
But Walsh said in the presentation that under his proposal for fiscal year 2023, which will last from July 2022 to June 2023, the city will be running a deficit. Read more »
Syracuse Common Council approved $550,000 to create a plan for what the city needs to do to better integrate the Interstate 81 community grid plan into Syracuse’s neighborhoods. Read more »
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced at a press conference Wednesday that the Interstate 81 removal project could have its Environmental Impact Statement approved within weeks by the federal government. Read more »
While Blueprint 15 has drawn wide support from institutions in and around Syracuse, some have concerns about specific elements of the plan. Read more »