In Arkansas, the powers-that-be will insist to the bitter end that the only thing better than a freeway cutting through the heart of a city is a wider freeway cutting through the heart of a city.
But check this
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is asking the federal government to rescind its decision to expand a section of Interstate-94 in Milwaukee,
An immediate problem is lack of legislative authorization for spending on the project. The lawsuit over the project is a complicating factor (
In Wisconsin, the lawsuit challenged a 3.5-mile widening project (the Arkansas project is about 6 miles.)
Said the Wisconsin Gazette:
The plaintiffs in NAACP Milwaukee Chapter v Ross allege the highway construction project would have “adverse environmental effects on air quality and water resources,” as well as “the likely effect of exacerbating regional racial segregation.”
Sound familiar?