Washington Watch: Biden wants to ‘reconnect communities’ cut off by interstates — this infamous Baltimore highway shows what’s at stake

Advocates who favor tearing down or redeveloping highways that cut off neighborhoods decades ago have been encouraged this year, as Democratic-run Washington’s spending proposals have included money for “reconnecting communities.” Baltimore’s “Highway to Nowhere” might see redevelopment, decades after it displaced Black residents.

Advocates who favor tearing down or redeveloping highways that cut off neighborhoods decades ago have been encouraged this year, as Democratic-run Washington’s spending proposals have included money for “reconnecting communities.” Baltimore’s “Highway to Nowhere” might see redevelopment, decades after it displaced Black residents.